Vaǔkavysk
Vaukavysk is a town in Grodno Oblast, Belarus. The hills on which the mediaeval Vaukavysk stood, now covered with green grass, are probably the most known attraction of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 44,000 residents
- Description: city in Belarus
- Also known as: “Vaŭkavysk”, “Vawkavysk”, “Volkovysk”, “Volkovyskas”, and “Waukawysk”
- Address: Ваўкавыскі раён
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Venceslas Church (1848) and Saint Nicholas Orthodox church in Vaŭkavysk.
St. Venceslas Church (1848)
Church
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The Church of Saint Wenceslaus in Vawkavysk is a Belarusian Catholic church in the Grodno Region. Constructed in 1846–1848, it is now listed as a Belarusian national cultural heritage object.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ličycy.
Ličycy
Hamlet
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Ličycy is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northwest of Vaǔkavysk.
Vaǔkavysk
- Categories: city of raion subordinance and locality
- Location: Grodno Oblast, Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.1647° or 53° 9′ 53″ northLongitude
24.4582° or 24° 27′ 29″ eastPopulation
44,000Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)United Nations Location Code
BY VAWOpen location code
9G565F75+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1153145528OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Vaǔkavysk” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فاوكافيسك”
- Azerbaijani: “Volkovısk”
- Bashkir: “Волковыск”
- Belarusian: “Ваўкавыск”
- Bulgarian: “Волковиск”
- Catalan: “Vaukavisk”
- Cebuano: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Chechen: “Волковыск”
- Chinese: “沃爾科維斯克”
- Chinese: “瓦夫卡維斯克”
- Croatian: “Vavkavisk”
- Czech: “Valkaviskas”
- Czech: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Czech: “Volkovysk”
- Czech: “Wołkowysk”
- Danish: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Dutch: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Dutch: “Vawkavysk”
- Dutch: “Volkovisk”
- Esperanto: “Vaŭkavisk”
- Estonian: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Finnish: “Vaukavysk”
- French: “Vaŭkavysk”
- French: “Vawkavysk”
- French: “Volkovysk”
- Galician: “Vaŭkavysk”
- German: “Vaŭkavysk”
- German: “Vawkavysk”
- German: “Waukawysk”
- Greek: “Βαουκαβίσκ”
- Hebrew: “וולקוביסק”
- Hungarian: “Vavkaviszk”
- Italian: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Japanese: “ヴァイクヴィスク”
- Japanese: “ヴァウカヴィスク”
- Japanese: “ヴァルカヴィスク”
- Korean: “바우카비스크”
- Latin: “Volcovisca”
- Latvian: “Vavkaviska”
- Lithuanian: “Valkaviskas”
- Lithuanian: “Volkovyskas”
- Northern Frisian: “Waukawysk”
- Ossetian: “Волковыск”
- Persian: “واوکویسک”
- Polish: “Wołkowysk”
- Portuguese: “Vawkavysk”
- Romanian: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Romanian: “Volkovîsk”
- Russian: “Волковыск”
- Serbian: “Вавкависк”
- Silesian: “Waukawysk”
- Silesian: “Wołkowysk”
- Slovak: “Vawkavysk”
- Slovenian: “Volkovisk”
- Spanish: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Spanish: “Vawkavysk”
- Swedish: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Swedish: “Volkovysk”
- Tatar: “Ваукавыск”
- Tatar: “Волковыск”
- Ukrainian: “Вавкависьк”
- Ukrainian: “Вовковиськ”
- Ukrainian: “Волковиськ”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wawkawysk”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wolkowysk”
- Urdu: “واوکاویسک”
- Yiddish: “Vaŭkavysk”
- Yiddish: “וואלקאוויסק”
- “Vaŭkavysk”
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