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    Polotsk (redirect from Polatsk)
    Polotsk (Russian: Полоцк) or Polatsk (Belarusian: Полацк, romanized: Polack) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is situated on the Dvina River and...
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    The Principality of Polotsk (Belarusian: По́лацкае кня́ства, romanized: Polackaje kniastva; Latin: Polocensis Ducatus), also known as the Duchy of Polotsk...
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    Vseslav Bryachislavich (c. 1029 – 24 April 1101; also known as Vseslav the Sorcerer or Vseslav the Seer) was Prince of Polotsk (1044–1101) and Grand Prince...
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    Rogneda Rogvolodovna (Russian: Рогнеда Рогволодовна; Christian name: Anastasia; c. 960 – c. 1000), also known as Ragnhild (Ragnheiðr), is a person mentioned...
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    Euphrosyne of Polotsk (or Polatsk, Połack) (Belarusian: Еўфрасіння Полацкая; 1104–1167) was the granddaughter of a prince of Polotsk, Vseslav, and daughter...
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  • Polotsk Airport (also Polotsk South) is a civilian airfield in Belarus, located 9 km south of Polotsk. There are no regularly-scheduled services at the...
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    Polotsk Region (Belarusian: Полацкая вобласць; Russian: Полоцкая область) was an administrative division in the Byelorussian SSR. It was created on 20...
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    Polotsk District or Polatsk District (Belarusian: Полацкі раён, romanized: Polacki rajon; Russian: Полоцкий район, romanized: Polotsky rayon) is a district...
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    Polotsk or Połock Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus Polocensis; Lithuanian: Polocko vaivadija; Polish: Województwo połockie, Belarusian: Полацкае ваяводства)...
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    The Jesuit College in Polotsk (Latin: Collegium Polocense) was a college established by the Jesuit Order in Polotsk, then part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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    Saint Euphrosyne Polotsk State University (Belarusian: Полацкі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт імя Ефрасінні Полацкай; Russian: Полоцкий государственный университет...
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    The Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (Belarusian: Полацкі Сафійскі сабор, romanized: Polacki Safijski sabor) was a cathedral in Polotsk that was built by Prince...
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    1019; son of Grand Prince Volodymyr the Great and Princess Rohnida of Polatsk". Encyclopediaofukraine.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020...
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  • Founder of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (1607), Coadjutor Archbishop of Polatsk–Vitebsk of the Ruthenians (1617 – succession 1618.03) Antin Sielava (1624...
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    Šešupė (near Neman) Daugava/Western Dvina (near Riga, Latvia) Polota (in Polatsk, Belarus) Kasplya (in Surazh, Belarus) Mezha (near Velizh) Obsha (near...
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    Belarus, both as the Jagiellon Cross and as the Cross of St. Euphrosyne of Polatsk, an important religious artifact. The symbol is supposed to have Byzantine...
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  • between troops of Polatsk and Kiev princes on the banks of Niamiha river (tributary of Svislach). Minsk, which was a Principality of Polatsk town, was burnt...
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    Andrei of Polotsk (Belarusian: Андрэй Альгердавіч; Lithuanian: Andrius Algirdaitis; Polish: Andrzej Olgierdowic; c. 1325 – 12 August 1399) was the eldest...
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    Studite monastery at Polatsk. The parishes are organized into two deaneries, each headed by an archpriest. The Abbot of the Polatsk monastery serves as...
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    Catholics and 8% being Orthodox. Four Uniate bishoprics existed in Brest, Polatsk, Smalensk and Pinsk and the Belarusian Uniate Church developed the individuality...
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  • a person of Polish descent. Polack may also refer to: Polack (surname) Polatsk, or Połack, a city in Belarus All pages with titles containing Polack Pollack...
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  • Renaissance cartographer and the author of the Atlas of the Principality of Polatsk (1580). He served in the Polish chancery as a royal secretary and cartographer...
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    (Novhorod-Siversk), Peremyshl (Przemyśl), Pereyaslavl (Pereiaslav), Polotsk (Polatsk), Ryazan (Riazan), Terebovlia, Turov and Pinsk (Turau-Pinsk, Turovian Rus')...
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    converted back to paganism. Mindaugas tried to expand his influence in Polatsk, a major centre of commerce in the Daugava River basin, and Pinsk. The...
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    Baranavichy Oblast December 1939 Pinsk Oblast, created 1939, eliminated 1954 Polatsk Oblast, created 1944, eliminated 1954 Polesia Oblast, created 1938, eliminated...
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    1067 when the forces of the prince of Kievan Rus' defeated the forces of Polatsk princedom. The medieval epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign refers to the...
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    Ushytsia Kyiv Principality Turov–Pinsk Principality Minsk Principality Polatsk Principality Black Ruthenia Zakarpattia (1230–1240) (1230–ті) (1252–1276)...
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    Obdorsk), of Belorussia and Lithuania (Lithuania, Białystok, Samogitia, Polatsk, Vitebsk, Mstislavl), the provinces of Great Russia proper (Pskov, Smolensk...
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  • Яковлевич Михальченко - Alexey Mikhalchenko; born October 13, 1973, in Polatsk) is a Belarusian journalist, propagandist and TV presenter. In 2000, he...
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  • young woman in Lithuanian; died ca. 1344) was daughter of Prince Ivan of Polatsk and wife of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316–1341). She is...
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