Beshankovichy (Belarusian: Бешанко́вічы; Russian: Бешенко́вичи) is a town in the Vitsebsk voblast of Belarus and a port on the Western Dvina river. It is 51 km west of Vitsebsk on the railway line between Orsha and Lepel. The population is 9,430 (1992). Categories: Stub | Regions of Belarus ... The Daugava or Western Dvina (Russian: За́падная Двина́, Belarusan: Дзьвіна́, Latvian: Daugava, German: Düna, Polish Dźwina) is a river rising in the Valdai Hills flowing through Russia and Belarus, to drain into the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea at Riga, Latvia. ... Vitsebsk or Viciebsk - Belarusian: ÐÑÌÑебÑк (Vitsyebsk); Polish: Witebsk; Russian: ÐиÌÑебÑк (Vityebsk, commonly anglicized as Vitebsk) - is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia and Latvia. ... Orsha (Belarusian: Во́рша; Russian: О́рша; Polish: Orsza) is a city in Belarus, an important railway node along the Minsk–Moscow line. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...