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Polack, Polotsk Полацк (Belarusian) Полоцк (Russian) Połack (Belarusian Latin alphabet) Połock (in Polish) |
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 Polack, Polotsk
Location of Polotsk
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| Coordinates: 55°29′N 28°48′E / 55.483°N 28.800°E | |||
| Country | Belarus | ||
| Voblast | Vitebsk Region | ||
| Raion | Polotsk District | ||
| Founded | 862 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Chairman | Nikolay Shevchuk | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 40.77 km2 (15.74 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 111 m (364 ft) | ||
| Population (2009 Census) | |||
| • Urban | 82,547 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 211291, 211400—211402, 211404—211415, 211422 | ||
| Area code(s) | +375 214 | ||
| License plate | 2 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Polack (official transliteration), Polotsk or Polatsk (Belarusian: По́лацк, translit. Połack, Russian: По́лоцк, translit. Polotsk, Polish: Połock, Lithuanian: Polockas, Yiddish: פּאָלאָצק, translit. Polotsk) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk District in Vitebsk Voblast. Its population is more than 80,000 people. It is served by Polotsk Airport and during the Cold War was home to Borovitsy air base.
The Old East Slavic name, Polotesk, derives from the Polota River, which flows into the Western Dvina nearby. The Vikings rendered that name as Palteskja.
Polotsk is one of the most ancient cities of the Eastern Slavs. The Primary Chronicle (a history of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110, compiled in Kiev about 1113) listed Polotsk in 862 (as Полотескъ, /poloteskŭ/), together with Murom and Beloozero. However, an archaeological expedition from the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus suggests that Polotsk existed in the first half of the 9th century.
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