WebPolotsk (Russian: По́лоцк; Belarusian: По́лацк, romanized: Polatsk (BGN/PCGN), Polack (official transliteration); Lithuanian: Polockas; Polish: Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk District in Vitsebsk Voblast.Its population is more than 80,000 people. It is served by Polotsk Airport and Borovitsy air …

WebThis is a list that encompasses and includes all reigning leaders/rulers in the history of Ukraine.. This page includes the titles of the Grand Prince of Kyiv, Grand Prince of Chernigov, Grand Prince of Pereyaslavl, Grand Prince of Galicia–Volhynia, Hetman of Ukraine and President of Ukraine.The following list begins with the leaders who ruled …

WebThe national emblem of Belarus features a ribbon in the colors of the national flag, a map of Belarus, wheat ears and a red star.It is sometimes referred to as the coat of arms of Belarus, although in heraldic terms this is inaccurate as the emblem does not respect the rules of conventional heraldry. The emblem is an allusion to one that was used by the …

WebBelarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into seven regions. Minsk is the capital and largest city.. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the …

WebThis article describes the history of Belarus.The Belarusian ethnos is traced at least as far in time as other East Slavs.. Belarus is a successor of some Ruthenian principalities (Polotsk, Turov, Novogrudok, etc.), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (with Republic of Lithuania and Poland), the BPR, the LBSR, and the …

WebEuphrosyne de Polotsk (1110 - 1173), fille du prince Sviatoslav de Polotsk en Biélorussie, cousine de l'empereur Manuel I er Comnène, fondatrice et abbesse d'un couvent à Polotsk, morte en pèlerinage en Terre sainte. Eutyche († vers 540) ou « Eutyque », moine et abbé à Norcia (Nursie) en Ombrie.

WebThe national flag of Belarus is a red-and-green flag with a white-and-red ornament pattern placed at the hoist (staff) end. The current design was introduced in 2012 by the State Committee for Standardisation of the Republic of Belarus, and is adapted from a design approved in a May 1995 referendum.It is a modification of the 1951 flag used while the …

WebContinent Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier: John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent.: Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent.: The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) Saint Rose of Lima (Santa Rosa …

WebMstislav's life was spent in constant warfare with Cumans (1093, 1107, 1111, 1129), Estonians (1111, 1113, 1116, 1130), Lithuanians (1131), and the princedom of Polotsk (1127, 1129). In 1096, he defeated his uncle Oleg of Chernigov on the Koloksha River, thereby laying foundation for the centuries of enmity between his and Oleg's …

Web"My Belarusy" was originally used as the anthem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic starting from 24 February 1955. The original anthem was composed by Sakałoŭski and the lyrics were written by Maxim Klimkovich.It was presented in front of a jury in 1944, but it took 11 years of modifications before it was officially adopted. When Belarus …