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14 unusual facts about Polotsk


Aleksander Romanowicz

Born April 1, 1871 in his family estate Olekszyszki (near Lida), in 1890 he graduated from the Russian Army Cadet Corps in Polotsk, then entered the Officer’s School of Cavalry, becoming in 1892 a professional officer of the Russian Army.

FC Polotsk

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

Gribovski G-11

Most intensive use was from March to November 1943 in Belarus, in Polotsk-Begoml-Lepel area, on the Kalinin Front.

Hillel Noah Maggid

His father was a bibliographer, and his grandfather Phinehas was rabbi at Polotsk and Vilna, the emissary of Elijah of Vilna in his struggle with the Hasidim, and the author of nine exegetical works.

Jean-Antoine Verdier

In Russia, he fought at Jaboukowo, Khastitzi, Polotsk, and Swolna, and then at the second battle of Polotsk he was badly wounded.

Klaipėda Geothermal Demonstration Plant

The potential for geothermal heating using the source aquifer arises from the Gotland tectonic belt and PolotskKurzeme fault belt interface in the area, which generates thermal anomalies.

Kolesnikov-Tsibin KC-20

The most intensive use was from April to November 1943 in Belarus, in the Polotsk-Begoml-Lepel area.

Latgale

As part of the Polotsk and Vitebsk guberniyas, the region was part of the Pale of Settlement and had a very large Jewish population – but most of the Jews perished in the Holocaust and much of the remainder has emigrated.

In the first decade of the 13th century the principality of Jersika, also known as Lettia, was allied with the Principality of Polotsk and Lithuanian dukes against the Bishopric of Livonia, but was defeated in 1209.

Latvian Orthodox Church

Orthodoxy was planted in Latvia in the 11th century, when it became a mission field of the diocese of Polotsk.

Livonian Chronicle of Henry

The third book, "On bishop Albert" describes events between 1198 and 1208: the arrival of third bishop of Ikšķile, Albert of Buxhoeveden, the foundation of the Christian knightly order of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, the conquest and dividing of Livonian territories between the Bishopric of Livonia and the Order, the wars with the Princes of Polotsk and Lithuanians, conquest of the Principality of Koknese and the country of Selonians.

Polish organ tablatures

Ostromeczew tablature (also known as Polotsk notebook, or Polotsk tablature, or silva rerum) (ca. 1640)

Rostislav Vovkushevsky

Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky was born March 22, 1917, in the city of Polotsk, Vitebsk Province, Belorussia, Russian Empire in family of railway engineer.

Vasily Kholmsky

In September of that same year, Kholmsky defeated the Lithuanian army near Mstislavl, Polotsk, and a few other localities.


Konstanty Ludwik Plater

Konstanty Ludwik Plater (born 1722 – died 31 March 1778 in Krāslava), was Castellan of Troki from 1770, voivode of Mstislavl from 1758 to 1770, Castellan of Polotsk from 1754 to 1758, the great Lithuanian Magnus Scriptor from 1746 to 1754, Maréchal of the Lithuanian Tribunal in 1754, and Starosta of Livonia and Dyneburg.

Mary Antin

Born to Israel and Esther Weltman Antin, a Jewish family in Polotsk, Belarus, at that time part of Russia, she immigrated to the Boston area with her mother and siblings in 1894, moving from Chelsea to Ward 8 in Boston's South End, a notorious slum, as the venue of her father's store changed.

Novosokolniki

In Nevel, south of Novosokolniki, it splits into two railway lines, both running southeast into Belarus: One line to Vitebsk, and another one to Grodno via Polotsk and Molodechno.

Velikiye Luki

One more railway connects Velikiye Luki to Nevel, where it splits into two railway lines, both running southeast into Belarus: One line to Vitebsk, and another one to Grodno via Polotsk and Molodechno.

Volkhovsky District

Staraya Ladoga, currently a selo located in the district, was mentioned in 862, as one of five original Russian towns (the other being Belozersk, Novgorod, Polotsk, and Rostov).