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| Coat of arms of Vitebsk |
The city of Vitebsk is located in the north-east of Belarus, the administrative center of the Vitebsk region and the Vitebsk region. Located in the eastern part of the region on the Western Dvina River.
The fourth-largest city in the country (after Minsk, Gomel, and Mogilev).
The population is approximately 378,459 people (as of January 1, 2019). Occupied area - 134.6 km² (for 2017).
By age, the second city in Belarus (974) after Polotsk.
It was founded on the high banks of the Western Dvina and Vitba, which gave him a name, on the way from the Varangians to the Greeks.
According to the legend of the XVIII century, founded by the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga.
The city was formed as one of the centers of association of the Slavic-Krivichs, and its convenient geographical location at the intersection of the most important trade routes contributed to its growth and prosperity over the next centuries.
The name Vitebsk received from the Vitba River.
You can book a tour of this amazing city in our country. We will be happy to show you interesting places and monuments in our city.
You can also choose other tours according to your interests.
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The population is approximately 378,459 people (as of January 1, 2019). Occupied area - 134.6 km² (for 2017).
By age, the second city in Belarus (974) after Polotsk.
It was founded on the high banks of the Western Dvina and Vitba, which gave him a name, on the way from the Varangians to the Greeks.
According to the legend of the XVIII century, founded by the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga.
The city was formed as one of the centers of association of the Slavic-Krivichs, and its convenient geographical location at the intersection of the most important trade routes contributed to its growth and prosperity over the next centuries.
The name Vitebsk received from the Vitba River.
But there are other versions such as:
- from Slavic curl;
- from pan-Indo-European ud “water”;
- from the term “wet place, swamp”;
- from the Baltic * vid-up- “middle river”;
- from Lithuanian vytis, vytinė “rod, vine”;
- from the Finno-Ugric vit “water”;
- from the Ural wetti “path, road, trail” or vit “water” and ba “river, water”;
- from the Finnish viettävä “sloping, sloping, steep”;
- from the Finnish viedä, the Libyan viid “drive, lead”;
- from the ancient root of vit - meaning "water", "moisture".
You can book a tour of this amazing city in our country. We will be happy to show you interesting places and monuments in our city.
You can also choose other tours according to your interests.
See the full list of tours here ...
