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4 unusual facts about Lyady, Vitebsk Region


Aaron HaLevi ben Moses of Staroselye

He was one of the most enthusiastic and steadfast disciples of the kabbalist Shneur Zalman of Liadi, rabbi of Liozna and Liadi, and studied under him until he had acquired a full knowledge of his mystic lore.

Chaim Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Rabbi Chaim Schneur Zalman of Liadi (d. 1879), was a Hasidic rebbe in the town of Liadi.

Moshe Schneersohn

He married Shifra daughter of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Ula, a town near Liadi.

Shneur Zalman Fradkin

Fradkin was born in Liadi, Vitebsk Region, Russia, the city of the founder of the Chabad movement, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, after whom Rabbi Fradkin was named.


Battle of Ula

The Battle of Ula or Battle of Chashniki was fought during the Livonian War on 26 January 1564 between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Tsardom of Russia on the Ula River (tributary of the Daugava River) north of Chashniki in the Vitebsk Region.

FC Polotsk

Polotsk is a Belarusian professional football lub based in Polotsk, Vitebsk Region, Belarus.

Lake Ilmen

The basin of Lake Ilmen contains vast areas in Novgorod, Pskov, and Tver Oblasts of Russia, as well as minor areas in the north of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.

Lyady, Vitebsk Region

Laydy is a hamlet in the Dubrovna District of Vitebsk Region, Belarus.

It was the center of Chabad chasidism for over a decade, when the first rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi settled there in at the invitation of Prince Stanisław Lubomirski, voivode of the town, after his second imprisonment in 1800.

Velikaya River

The drainage basin of the Velikaya comprises vast areas in the west and southwest of Pskov Oblast, as well as in the east of Latvia and in the north of the Vitebsk Region of Belarus.

Vitebsk TV Tower

The Vitebsk Television Tower is situated in the city of Vitebsk, which in turn serves as the capital of the Vitebsk Region and is the fourth-largest city of the whole of Belarus.

Volkhov River

The drainage basin of the Volkhov includes the large parts of Novgorod and Leningrad Oblasts, as well as areas in Tver Oblast, Pskov Oblast of Russia and Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus.


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