Ashmiany (Belarusian: Ашмя́ны, Russian: Ошмяны, Oshmiany) is a town in Hrodna voblast, Belarus (previously in Wilno guberniya, Imperial Russia), capital of the Ashmiany raion. It lies in the basin of the Oshmianka River, on hilly, fertile lands. The name is derived from the Lithuanian "Azymertas", meaning "the edge". It is also known as "Aschemynne" in the Chronicles of the Teutonic Knights. Categories: Belarus-related stubs | Regions of Belarus ... Vilnius Old Town Vilnius (sometimes Vilna; Polish Wilno, Belarusian Вільня, Russian Вильнюс, see also Cities alternative names) is the capital city of Lithuania. ... Guberniya (also gubernia, guberniia, and gubernya) (Russian: губе́рния) was a major administrative subdivision of the Imperial Russia, usually translated as province or Governorate General. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...

Buildings of Note

• An Orthodox church, "Bogojawlenska", built in 1840.
• The Holy Archangel Michael Catholic Church.

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History

There are signs of settlement as early as 1040 BCE. In 1384, the Teutonic Knights attempted to attack Osmiana as a beginning attempt to destroy the hereditary state of Jagiello. It then became the center of a good deal of historic activity for some decades. Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Events May / September 3 - Siege of Lisbon by the Castilian army, during the 1383-1385 Crisis Births Deaths December 31 - John Wyclif, theologian Categories: 1384 ... Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty which reigned in some Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century. ...

Miscellaneous

• Alternate Names: Oshmyany, Oszmiana, Aschemynne, Oshmyany, Asmena, Oshmana, Oshmene, Oshmina, Osmiany, Oszmiana, Ozmiana, Osmiana
• Mentioned in: Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Volume II, Chapter VII.

External links

• Lejeune book
• Oszmiana
• Coat of Arms
• Photos on Radzima.org
• PolishRoots Description