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VITEBSK , a town of Russia, capital of the government of the same name, on both banks of the W. Dvina, and on the railway from Smolensk to Riga
Pop. (1885) 54,676; (1897) 65,871. It is an old town, with decaying mansions of the nobility
half of its inhabitants being Jews . There are two cathedrals, founded in 1664 and 1777 respectively. The church
trade
Riga
sugar
Vitebsk (Dbesk, Vitbesk and Vitepesk) is mentioned for the first time in 1021, when it belonged to the Polotsk principality. Eighty years later it became the chief
separate
principality, and so continued until 1320, when it came under the dominion of the Lithuanians. In the 16th century it fell to Poland. Under the privileges granted to the city by the Polish sovereigns it flourished, but it soon began to suffer from the wars between Russia and Poland, during which it was thrice taken by the Russians and burned. Russia annexed it finally in 1772. End of Article: VITEBSK If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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