Vileyka city of Minsk region Belarus.

Coat of arms
of the city of Vileika.

The city of Vileika, located in the Minsk region, is one of the small Belarusian towns with a long and difficult history and, despite its size, many interesting places that are attractive to an attentive tourist.

The city is located about 100 km northwest of Minsk on the banks of the Viliya River, a tributary of the Neman.

Bykhov city and Bykhov Castle in Belarus.

Coat of arms of the city of Bykhov.

The first mentions of Bykhov date back to the XIV century.

The history of Belarus is dramatic: battles, divisions of territories, sieges ... Old buildings, peers, and witnesses of these events, are located not only in large cities but also in very small settlements. 

One of these towns that keep the memory of the past is Bykhov.

Begoml is a small town, rather, a village in the south of the Vitebsk region of Belarus, 100 km from Minsk to the north.

Coat of arms of the city of Begoml

Begoml city of Vitebsk region.

History

The village under the name Bagoml was first mentioned in chronicles in 1582. It belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then the Commonwealth. 

After the second partition of the latter in 1793, Begoml, as part of the newly formed Minsk province, was annexed to the Russian Empire.

The city of Brest is the administrative center of the Brest region and the Brest region in the south-west of Belarus.

Coat of arms of the city of Brest

The city of Brest is the administrative center of the Brest region in the south-west of Belarus.

As of January 1, 2019, the population of the city amounted to 350,616 people. The territory of the city is equivalent - 146.12 km².

The city is located in the southwestern part of the region, at the confluence of the Mukhavets River in the Western Bug, near the state border with Poland.

Brest is a large railway junction, a river port on Mukhavets, an important road junction.

The city of Grodno is the administrative center of the Grodno region in Belarus.

Coat of arms of the city of Grodno

The city of Grodno is the administrative center of the Grodno region in Belarus, as well as the Grodno region, which the city itself is not part of.

In 2014, the city bore the title “Cultural Capital of Belarus”.

The city is located in the western part of the region, on the banks of the Neman, near the border with Poland 15 km and Lithuania 30 km.

Hub of roads and railways.

Polotsk is the oldest city in Belarus and was first mentioned in the "Tale of Bygone Years" in 862.

Coat of arms of the city of Polotsk

The cities of Polotsk and Novopolotsk with the nearest towns and villages create the Polotsk agglomeration with a population of about 270,000 people.

The city of Polotsk in the Vitebsk region of Belarus, the administrative center of the Polotsk region.

Located on both banks of the Western Dvina, at the confluence of the Polota River.

As of January 1, 2018, the population was 84 597 people.

The city of Vitebsk is one of the largest cities of the Republic of Belarus. Briefly about the city of Vitebsk.

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).

Over its history, Mogilev has repeatedly turned out to be an important strategic point on the map of Belarus.

Coat of arms of the city of Mogilev

Оn the eve of World War II, the city almost became the capital of Belarus due to the dangerous proximity of Minsk to the western border. 

During the First World War, here was the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and the residence of Emperor Nicholas II.

The House of Soviets erected in a short time reminds of those times - an almost exact copy of the Minsk Government House. 

One of the most striking pages of the history of Mogilev was the heroic defense at the beginning of World War II, when the city lasted 23 days, 16 of them in the complete encirclement.

Minsk - the capital of the Republic of Belarus.

Coat of arms of the city of Minsk

The city of Minsk is the capital of the Republic of Belarus and the administrative center of the Minsk region and the Minsk region, which are not part of it since it is an independent administrative-territorial unit with a special (capital) status.

The largest transport hub, the political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of the country.

The tenth-largest city (without suburbs) in Europe, and the fifth in the former USSR after - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv, Tashkent.