Liozna or Liozno (Belarusian: Лёзна, Russian: Лиозно) is an urban type settlement in Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus, the capital of the Liozno District. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitsebsk-Smolensk ralroad branch and highway, on the Moshna River. Population: 6,753 (2005) Categories: Stub | Regions of Belarus ... Vitsebsk (Belarusian: Ві́цебск (Viciebsk); Russian: Ви́тебск (Vitebsk); Polish: Witebsk) is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia and Latvia. ... A view of Smolensk in 1912 Smolensk (Russian: ) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dnieper River at 54. ...

The first known record of the Liozno shtetl is dated by 1654. A shtetl or shtetele (Yiddish: , diminutive form of Yiddish shtot, town) was typically a small town or village with a large Jewish population in pre-Holocaust Central and Eastern Europe. ...

Miscellanea

• The place gained some attention when on July 16, 1994 an alleged assassination of President of Belarus Lukashenko was attempted near Liozno.

July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... History of Belarusian states can be traced far to Duchy of Pólacak. ... Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Григо́рьевич Лукаше́нко, Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Ры&#1075...

External links

• Liozno home page
• Liozno satellite image