Vitebsk or Vitsyebsk (Belorusse Віцебск in ) is a Belorusse city. It is the chief town of the area of very the nom : the Voblast de Vitebsk or Vitsyebskaya.

Geographical location

• Vitebsk is located in the most septentrional area of the country, at the border of the Latvia, of Lithuania and the Russia.

Population

• 360.000 inhabitants.
• the fourth city of the country from its number of inhabitants.

History

The city is taken the July 24th 1812 by Napoleon at the time of the Campagne of Russia.
Important combat at the time of the Second world war.

Culture

• Birthplace of the painter Chagall and the sculptor Ossip Zadkine.

Be-X-old: Віцебск

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