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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast Belarus on the Western Dvina River northeast of Minsk. First mentioned in 1021, it later passed to Lithuania (14th century), Poland (16th century), and Russia (18th century).
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Administrative divisions: 6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts ') and 1 municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna, Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers
Belarus 2008
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Belarus6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts ') and 1 municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna, Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers
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This time round I spotted the relationship between some of the 1912 photos of Vitebsk, Belarus (aka, in Belarusian, Vitsyebsk).
Vitebsk 1912 panorama Ray Girvan 2005
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(Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk); note - when using a place name with the adjectival ending 'skaya' the word voblasts 'should be added to the place name note: voblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk) note: voblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk); note - when using a place name with the adjectival ending 'skaya' the word voblasts 'should be added to the place name note: voblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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