Polotsk, Belarus

Belarus

Polotsk, Belarus shares 139 connections with 9546 places across 16 topics, concentrated in history, military conflict, and religion. The city changed hands repeatedly between Russia and Poland-Lithuania during the Russo-Polish War of 1654 to 1667, building ties with Russia, Poland, Moscow, and Lithuania. Its 12th-century Convent of Saint Euphrosyne, which includes a neo-Byzantine cathedral completed in 1899, anchors a cluster of architecture and religion connections. A Jesuit College that once operated here also links the city to broader European art and literary networks.

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