Vitebsk Region, Administrative region in northern Belarus.
Vitebsk sits in northeastern Belarus and covers an area with expansive coniferous forests that make up one third of the territory. The landscape is marked by more than 2,800 lakes and 500 rivers that wind through flat and rolling terrain.
The administrative territory received its current form in January 1938 under Soviet control. The area was previously part of old trade routes that connected Baltic and Slavic settlements.
The region maintains 27 museums, two theaters, and a philharmonic society, with the annual Slavianski Bazaar festival drawing performers from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
International motorways cross the territory and connect three countries. The railway network stretches over 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) with main hubs in Vitebsk, Orsha, and Polotsk.
Researchers calculated in 2000 that Lake Sho in this territory marks the geographic center of Europe. This finding sparked scientific debate about different methods for determining such points.
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Khatyn
130.1 km
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk
22.9 km
Biarezinski Biosphere Reserve
75.8 km
Stelmužė Oak
183.6 km
Braslaw Lakes National Park
126.2 km
Daugavpils Fortress
169.1 km
Transfiguration Church in Polack
23.5 km
Vileyka Reservoir
156.6 km
Church of the Assumption of Mary in Budslaŭ
116 km
Boris stones
22.8 km
Šunieŭka memorial
90.3 km
Convent of Saint Euphrosyne in Polack
23.6 km
House of Marc Chagall
77 km
Church of Annunciation of Virgin Mary in Viciebsk
77.8 km
Daugavpils prison
166.1 km
Church of Saint Mary in Hłybokaje
85.5 km
Rahvalod Stone
119.7 km
Aglona Basilica
152.6 km
Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie
188.5 km
Belarus-Latvia-Russia tripoint
107.3 kmMonument letter «Ў»
22.3 km
Church of the Assumption in Viciebsk
77.8 km
Sarja Church
95.8 km
Memorial Complex «Praryŭ»
35.2 km
Old Cathedral of St. Barbara and St. Paul, Vitebsk
76.2 km
Collegium of the Jesuits
129.4 km
Museum of Ilya Repin in Zdrawneva
84.7 km
Ss. Boris and Gleb Cathedral, Daugavpils
166 km
Biešankovičy District
Braslaw District
Chashniki District
Dokshytsy District
Dubrowna District
Haradok District
Hlybokaye District
Lepiel District
Liozna District
Miory District
Orsha District
Pastavy District
Polack District
Rasony District
Sharkawshchyna District
Shumilina District
Syanno District
Talačyn District
Ushachy District
Vitebsk District
Verkhnyadzvinsk District
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