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Braslaŭ (Belarus)

LC control no.n 86057754
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingBraslaŭ (Belarus)
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Geographic subdivision usageBelarus--Braslaŭ
Variant(s)Braslav (Belarus)
Braslaw (Belarus)
Braczislaw (Belarus)
Brėslauja (Belarus)
Brachyslaŭlʹ (Belarus)
Braslav (Byelorussian S.S.R.)
See alsoBrasław (Poland)
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Special noteBefore 1940 incorporation into USSR town was called Brasław
Found inEmesh Shoʼah, 1986: t.p. (Braslav) added t.p. (Braslaw [in rom.]) p. 627, etc. (Braczislaw; town on Russo-Polish-Lithuanian border, near River Divina)
Encyc. Jud., 1971 (Braslav; Pol: Braslaw; small town in Belorussian SSR)
NIS gaz., USSR (Braslav; popl. 55°38ʹN 27°02ʹE)
SSSR--admin.-territ. delenie, 1974: p. 342 (Braslav; town in Vitebskai︠a︡ oblastʹ of Belorusskai︠a︡ SSR; incorporated into USSR in 1940; previously part of Poland)
Apso ir Pelekų lietuviškoji kultūra, 1997: p. 5 (Brėslauja [Lithuanian name for the town)
Belaruskai︠a︡ savet︠s︡kai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡yklapedyi︠a︡, 1970: (Braslaŭ, town in Belarus; orig. called Brachyslaŭlʹ in historical chronicles of 1065, the town was named after the Polish prince Brachyslav Izi︠a︡slavich. In the 14th cent. Braslaŭ belonged to Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After the first partition of Poland in 1772 the town was annexed by the Russian Empire. From 1921-1939 it was restored to Poland as part of the Województwo Wileńskie. Since 1939 it has been part of Belarus)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 55°38ʹ02ʺN 027°03ʹ14ʺE)
Not found inMoje wspomnienia z Brasławszczyzny, 199-: p. 3 (... Brasławiu)
Geographic area codee-bw---