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The monastery was founded by the holy princess Euphrosyne of Polotsk in 1128. [1] Bishop Elias of Polotsk tasked Euphrosyne with setting up a women's monastery [2] and she settled near the Transfiguration church in Selce. Over time, the sisters of St. Euphrosyne were tonsured: the native Evdokia (in the world of Gordislav) and the cousin ...
Polotsk (Russian: Полоцк) or Polatsk (Belarusian: Полацк, romanized: Polack) [a] is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is situated on the Dvina River and serves as the administrative center of Polotsk District. Polotsk is served by Polotsk Airport and Borovitsy air base. As of 2024, it has a population of 79,579. [1]
It is located in the north of the country, and borders on Russia. As of 2019 the region had a population of 1,135,731 [4] and the lowest population-density for any region in Belarus: 30.6 p/km². Important cities within the region include Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk.
Tusnolobova-Marchenko was born on 23 November 1920 to a family of farmers on the Shevtsovo farm in Polotsk, located in present-day Belarus.After graduating from secondary school she worked as a chemist in Leninskugol; she joined the military after the start of the war and became a member of the Communist party in 1942.
The Principality of Polotsk, and especially its capital at Polotsk, was an early cultural center of Belarus. The Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk is one example of Rus' architecture that survives in Belarus, although it has been heavily modified, and the Saint Eufrosyne Monastery in Polotsk also dates from this period.
Even though Portugal saw an overall property price increase of 13.8% in 2021, with prices continuing to rise in the years since then, Meyer estimates that an apartment in a similar spot in ...
Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Polotsk. The Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (Belarusian: Полацкі Сафійскі сабор, romanized: Polacki Safijski sabor) was a cathedral in Polotsk that was built by Prince Vseslav Briacheslavich (1044–1101) between 1044 (first mentioned in the Voskresenskaia Chronicle under the year 1056) and 1066.
Boris stone near Cathedral of St. Sophia. Polatsk, Belarus Boris stone in Druya. Boris Stones (Belarusian: Барысавы камяні, [baˈrɨsavɨ kamʲaˈni]; Russian: Борисовы камни), also called Dvina Stones (Russian: Двинские камни), are seven medieval artifacts erected along the bank of the Western Dvina between Polotsk and Drissa, Belarus.