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Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk (Belarusian: Дзяржынск, romanized: Dziarzhynsk; [a] Russian: Дзержинск), formerly known as Koydanava until 1932, [b] [2] is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarzhynsk District. [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 29,796. [1]
Shukhov Tower on the Oka River, the unique architectural construction—the 128-meter (420 ft) steel lattice hyperboloid tower built by Soviet engineer and scientist Vladimir Shukhov in 1929—is located near Dzerzhinsk on the left bank of the Oka River. There used to be two towers, but one was stolen for scrap metal in 2005. [citation needed]
Dzyarzhynsk District or Dziaržynsk District [2] (Belarusian: Дзяржынскі раён; Russian: Дзержинский район) is a district of Minsk Region in Belarus. [1] The administrative center of the district is Dzyarzhynsk. [3] [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 70,391. [1] The highest point of Belarus is situated in the ...
Western Belorussia or Western Belarus (Belarusian: Заходняя Беларусь, romanized: Zachodniaja Biełaruś; Polish: Zachodnia Białoruś; Russian: Западная Белоруссия, romanized: Zapadnaya Belorussiya) is a historical region of modern-day Belarus which belonged to the Second Polish Republic during the interwar period.
Nyeharelaye or Negoreloe (Belarusian: Негарэлае, romanized: Nieharelaje; Russian: Негорелое, romanized: Negoreloye; Polish: Niehorele) [1] is an agrotown in Dzyarzhynsk District, Minsk Region, [2] Belarus. [3] Until 2009, it had the status of urban-type settlement. [4]
Russia has advanced into the northwestern side of Ukraine’s assault as well as to the southeast of Sudzha, the main city held by Kyiv’s troops in Kursk, located on the other side of the attack.
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
The crack and the ear-splitting blast – two in a row, then a third – rattle windows and set off car alarms. But, in a city under constant bombardment , a smoker in a doorway tips a little ash ...