Polotsk

Polotsk is a city in , in . First mentioned in 862, it is the oldest city in Belarus. Now it is a city of local importance with 83,000 inhabitants and with considerable architectural heritage from the times of old Rus and later periods.
  • Town with about 79,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (360 feet)
  • Description: city in Belarus
  • Address: Полацкі раён
  • Also known as
    “Podolsk”
    “Połack”
    “Polatsak”
    “Polatsk”
    “Polazak”
    “Polazk”
    “Połock”
    “Polockas”
    “Polozk”
    “Potolsk”

Places of Interest

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Stone
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Places in the Area

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Village
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Latitude
55.4855° or 55° 29′ 8″ north
Longitude
28.7682° or 28° 46′ 6″ east
UN/LOCODE
BY POK
Open location code
9G7CFQP9+57
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Polotsk” goes by many names.
PolackAfrikaans
PolatskAfrikaans
بولوتسكArabic
ՊոլոցկArmenian
PolackAzerbaijani
PolotskAzerbaijani
PolackBasque
PolatskBasque
PolotskBasque
ПолацакBelarusian
ПолацкBelarusian
পোলোস্কBengali
PolatskBreton
ПолоцкBulgarian
PolackCatalan
PòlatskCatalan
PólotskCatalan
PolackCebuano
ПолоцкChechen
波拉茨克Chinese
波洛茨克Chinese
По́лотєскъChurch Slavic
По́лотьскъChurch Slavic
ПолоцкChuvash
PolackCroatian
PolatskCroatian
PolockCroatian
PolotskCroatian
PolackCzech
PolockCzech
PolackDanish
PolatskDanish
PolotskDanish
По́лацкDanish
PolackDutch
PolatskDutch
ПолоцкEastern Mari
PolackEsperanto
PolockEsperanto
PołackEstonian
PolatskEstonian
PolotskEstonian
PolackFinnish
PolatskFinnish
PolotskFinnish
ΠόλοτσκGreek
પોલોત્સકGujarati
פולאצקHebrew
पोलट्स्कHindi
PolackHungarian
PolotskIndonesian
PolackIrish
PolackItalian
PolatskItalian
PolazkItalian
PolockItalian
PolotskItalian
PolozkItalian
ポラツクJapanese
ポロツクJapanese
ಪೋಲೊಟ್ಸ್ಕ್Kannada
ПолоцкKazakh
폴라츠크Korean
폴로츠크Korean
PeltiscumLatin
PolatskLatin
PolociaLatin
PolociumLatin
PolotiaLatin
PolotiumLatin
PolotskLatin
PolackaLatvian
PolockaLatvian
PolackasLithuanian
PolockasLithuanian
PolazkLow German
PolotskMalay
पोलोस्कMarathi
PolatskNorthern Frisian
PolatskNorwegian
PolatskNorwegian Bokmål
PolotskNorwegian Bokmål
ПолоцкOssetian
پولوتسکPersian
PołockPolish
PolackRomanian
PolațkRomanian
PoloțkRomanian
PolotskRomanian
ПолотескRussian
ПолоцкRussian
PolotskScots
PolackSerbian
По́лацкSerbian
По́лоцкSerbian
PolackSerbo-Croatian
PolockSerbo-Croatian
පොලොට්ස්ක්Sinhala
PolacakSlovenian
PolackSlovenian
PolockSlovenian
PolotskSwahili
PaltejsborgSwedish
PaltejskSwedish
PolackSwedish
PolatskSwedish
PolatzkSwedish
PolotskSwedish
PolotzkSwedish
PolatskTahitian
போலாட்ஸ்க்Tamil
ПолатскTatar
ПолоцкTatar
పోలాస్క్Telugu
โปลอตสค์Thai
PolatsakTurkish
PolotskTurkish
ПолацькUkrainian
ПолоцькUkrainian
PolackUpper Sorbian
PolockUpper Sorbian
پولوتسکUrdu
PolotskVietnamese
PolackWelsh
PolotskWelsh
PolatskWestern Frisian
PolotskYiddish
פּאָלאָצקYiddish

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