Eastern Europe
Belarus
Vitebsk Region

Vitebsk Oblast

Vitebsk Oblast is a region in the north-eastern part of . The western part of the region is occupied by the Braslau Lakes National Park.
Tap on a place
to explore it
vitebsk-region.gov.by
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Zedlik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Zedlik, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Vitebsk and Orsha.

Photo: Futureal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Vitsyebsk is a city in northern . It serves as the administrative center of Region and District, though it is administratively separated from the district.

Photo: Mitic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in Vitebsk Region, . It is situated on the fork of the and Arshytsa River, and it serves as the administrative center of District. As of 2025, it has a population of 101,662.

Photo: Jurasikt, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in , in Vitebsk Oblast. 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.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Braslaǔ and Pastavy.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Braslau is a town in Vitebsk Oblast, . It has some nice old buildings to see, but primarily, from the touristic point of view, it's the gateway to Braslau Lakes national park.

Photo: Jurasikt, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in Vitebsk Region, . It serves as the administrative center of District. As of 2025, it has a population of 18,450.

Vitebsk Oblast

Latitude of center
55.2382° or 55° 14′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
28.7742° or 28° 46′ 27″ east
Population
1,180,000
Elevation
140 metres (459 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 566293550
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
8207433
Wiki­data ID
Q185700
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Vitebsk Oblast from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Vitebsk Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيتسبك أوبلاست”
  • Arabic: “فيتسبك”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فيتسبك”
  • Armenian: “Վիտեբսկի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Vítebsk”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vitebsk vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Vitsebskeko oblasta”
  • Bavarian: “Wizebskaja Woblasz”
  • Belarusian: “Віцебская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Ві́цебская во́бласць”
  • Belarusian: “Віцебская вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Віцебшчына”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальны Парк Браслаўскія Азёры”
  • Bengali: “ভিটেবস্ক অঞ্চল”
  • Bosnian: “Vitebska oblast”
  • Bosnian: “Vitepska oblast”
  • Bulgarian: “Витебска област”
  • Catalan: “Província de Vitebsk”
  • Catalan: “província de Vítsiebsk”
  • Catalan: “Província de Vítsiebsk”
  • Catalan: “Vóblasts de Vítsiebsk”
  • Cebuano: “Viciebskaja Voblasć”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھەرێمی ڤیتێبسک”
  • Chechen: “Витебскан область”
  • Chinese: “Vitebsk Chiu”
  • Chinese: “維捷布斯克州”
  • Chinese: “维捷布斯克州”
  • Church Slavic: “Витєбьска ѡбласть”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Vitebsk vilâyeti”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Vitsebsk vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Vitebska oblast”
  • Czech: “Vicebská oblast”
  • Czech: “Vitebsk Oblast (Belarus)”
  • Czech: “Vitebská oblast”
  • Danish: “Vitebsk region”
  • Danish: “Vitebsk voblast”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Vitebsk”
  • Dutch: “Voblasc Viciebsk”
  • Dutch: “Voblast Vitebsk”
  • Dutch: “Voblast Vitsebsk”
  • Eastern Mari: “Витебск вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيتسبك اوبلاست”
  • Erzya: “Витебскоень ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Vicebska regiono”
  • Estonian: “Viciebski oblast”
  • Estonian: “Vitebski oblast”
  • Estonian: “Vitsebski oblast”
  • Finnish: “Vitebskin alue”
  • Finnish: “Vitsebskin alue”
  • French: “Vitebsk”
  • French: “Voblast de Viciebsk”
  • French: “Voblast de Vitebsk”
  • Galician: “rexión de Viciebsk”
  • Georgian: “ვიტებსკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Vitebsk Oblast (Belarus)”
  • German: “Witebskaja Oblast”
  • German: “Wizebskaja Woblasz”
  • German: “Woblast Wizebsk”
  • Greek: “Βόμπλαστ του Βιτσέμπσκ”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Βιτσέμπσκ”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια του Βιτσέμπσκ”
  • Gujarati: “વિટેબ્સ્ક પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “ויטבסק”
  • Hindi: “वाईटेब्स्क प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Vicebszki terület”
  • Icelandic: “Vitebsk-fylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Viciebsk”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Vitsebsk”
  • Italian: “Regione di Vicebsk”
  • Italian: “Voblasc‘ di Vicebsk”
  • Italian: “Voblasc’ di Vicebsk”
  • Italian: “Voblasc‘ di Vitebsk”
  • Italian: “Voblast di Vitebsk”
  • Japanese: “ヴィーチェプスク州”
  • Japanese: “ヴィーツェプスク州”
  • Japanese: “ヴィーテプスク州”
  • Japanese: “ヴィチェプスク州”
  • Japanese: “ヴィツェプスク州”
  • Japanese: “ヴィテプスク州”
  • Kannada: “ವೀಟೆಬ್ಸ್ಕ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kirghiz: “Витебск облусу”
  • Korean: “비쳅스크주”
  • Korean: “비텝스크 주”
  • Latin: “Regio Vitebscensis”
  • Latvian: “Vicebskas apgabals”
  • Latvian: “Vitebskas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Vitebsko sr”
  • Lithuanian: “Vitebsko sritis”
  • Macedonian: “Витепска област”
  • Malay: “Daerah Vitebsk”
  • Marathi: “विटेब्स्क प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vitebsk Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “ვიტებსკიშ ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Вицебонь аймак”
  • Moksha: “Вицебсконь аймак”
  • Northern Frisian: “Witsebsk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vitebsk oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vitebskaja oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vitsiebsk voblasts”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vitsiebskaja voblasts”
  • Norwegian: “Vitsiebsk voblasts”
  • Ossetian: “Витебсчы облæст”
  • Persian: “منطقه ویتبسک”
  • Polish: “obwód witebski”
  • Polish: “Obwód witebski”
  • Portuguese: “Óblast de Viciebsk”
  • Portuguese: “Viciebsk”
  • Portuguese: “Voblast de Viciebsk”
  • Portuguese: “Voblast de Vitsebsk”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Vițebsk”
  • Romanian: “Viciebsk”
  • Romanian: “Vițebsk”
  • Russian: “Natsional’nyy Park Braslavskiye Ozëra”
  • Russian: “Витебская область”
  • Russian: “Национальный Парк Браславские Озёра”
  • Rusyn: “Вітебьска область”
  • Samogitian: “Vėtebska srėtės”
  • Scots: “Vitebsk Region”
  • Serbian: “Vitepska oblast”
  • Serbian: “Витебска област”
  • Serbian: “Витепска област”
  • Serbian: “Област Витепск”
  • Sicilian: “Voblasci ri Vicebsk”
  • Sinhala: “විටෙබ්ස්ක් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Vicebská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Vicebska oblast”
  • Slovenian: “Vitebska oblast”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Vítebsk”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Vitebsk”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Vítebsk”
  • Spanish: “Region de Viciebsk”
  • Spanish: “Región de Viciebsk”
  • Spanish: “Region de Vitebsk”
  • Spanish: “Region de Vítebsk”
  • Spanish: “Región de Vitebsk”
  • Spanish: “Región de Vítebsk”
  • Swedish: “Vitsebsk oblast”
  • Swedish: “Vitsebsk voblast”
  • Swedish: “Vitsebsks voblast”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Витебск”
  • Tamil: “விடேபஸ்க் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Витебск өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “విటెస్క్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นวีเชปสก์”
  • Turkish: “Vitsebsk Voblastı”
  • Turkish: “Vitsebsk”
  • Ukrainian: “Вітебська область”
  • Urdu: “ویٹبسک ریجن”
  • Urdu: “ویٹبسک علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Vitebsk viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Vitebsk”
  • Vietnamese: “Vitebsk”
  • Western Panjabi: “وتسبسک ووبلاست”
  • Wu Chinese: “维捷布斯克州”
  • “Vėtebska srėtės”
  • “Viciebskaja voblasć”

Belarus: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Minsk, Brest, Grodno, and Mogilev.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Vitebsk Oblast”. Photo: Zedlik, CC BY-SA 3.0.