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Vitebsk region presents…

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Vitebsk region

Is located in the north-east of the country

Borders Russia, Lithuania and Latvia.

Population is 1.091,9 million people

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Belaruskaye Paazerye

  • The region is known as the Belarusian land of lakes and has more than 2800 lakes and 500 rivers. 
  • More than a third of the region is forest. Approximately 60% of these forests are centuries-old coniferous woods.

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�Towns and cities �in the Vitebsk region�

Vitebsk

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Braslav

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Glybokoe

Lepel

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Orsha

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Polotsk

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Industry

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Marc Chagall Museum�

The most famous native of Vitebsk, Marc Chagall, is one of the most remarkable representatives of the global avant-garde movement of the 20th century.

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Interesting fact!!!

The Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk includes one of the world’s biggest collections of the artist – over 300 original graphic works and reproductions of his most famous paintings.

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St. Sophia Cathedral�

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Yelnya Landscape Reserve�

In the Vitebsk region, within the territories of Miory and Sharkovshchina districts, lies the oldest lake-swamp complex of our country – Elnya.

The "Elnya" swamp-lake complex is home to rare mammals, birds, relict plants, and insects

The total area of the reserve is just over 25 thousand hectares, of which almost 19 thousand are occupied by the Elnya swamp. 

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Braslav Lakes National Park�

Here you can find about 300 lakes of various sizes, forms, depth, composition, water transparency, flora and fauna.

For their unusual beauty they are called 

“the blue necklace” of Belarus.

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Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve�

The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is one of the largest national parks and reserves in the republic, where unique landscapes are preserved and there exist absolute wildlife reserves.

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�Vladimir Korotkevich Museum �in Orsha�

A talented writer, playwright and scenarist, publicist and translator, a representative of the old noble family and a passionate history lover, Vladimir Korotkevich is unique in the Belarusian literature.

The biographical museum in his hometown of Orsha was opened in 2000

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Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk

The International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk (Slavonic Bazaar) has become a trademark of the Republic of Belarus. For years, the music forum has been promoting cross-cultural dialogue between nations and countries.

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