Velizhsky Uyezd information

Velizhsky Uyezd (Велижский уезд) was one of the eleven subdivisions of the Vitebsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern...

abolished, and Velizhsky Uyezds was transferred to Pskov Governorate. On 1 August 1927, Velizhsky Uyezd was abolished, and Velizhsky District with the...

and a considerable part of Belarus. After 1773, the area belonged to Velizhsky Uyezd of Pskov Governorate. In 1777, it was transferred to Polotsk Viceroyalty...

centre was Nevel. The uyezd bordered the Polotsky and Sebezhsky uyezds in the west, Velizhsky Uyezd in the east, Gorodoksky Uyezd in the south, and the...

Belarus) Velizhsky Uyezd (Velizh, Russia) Vitebsky Uyezd (Vitebsk, Belarus) In 1866, Surazhsky Uyezd was abolished and split between Gorodoksky, Velizhsky, and...

Vladimir Efimovich Gorev (1900 - 20 June 1938), known as Vladimir Gorev, was a Belarusian soldier known to have participated in the defense of Madrid as...

Cecilia Samoylovna Bobrovskaya (Russian: Цецилия Самойловна Бобровская, née Zelikson [Зеликсон]; 19 September 1873 [O.S. 7 September] – 6 July 1960) was...

Max Zakharovich Penson (Russian: Макс Захарович Пенсон; 1893–1959) was a Russian-Jewish photojournalist and photographer of the Soviet Union noted for...

Abram Moiseevich Ginzburg (Russian: Абра́м Моисе́евич Ги́нзбург; 1878–1937) was a Russian revolutionary and economist. He was a defendant at the 1931 Menshevik...

was abolished, and Nevelsky and Velizhsky Uyezds were transferred to Pskov Governorate. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished, and Usvyatsky District...

Vitebsk Governorate was abolished, and Velizhsky Uyezd was transferred to Pskov Governorate. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished, and Oktyabrsky District...

Socialist Republic. In 1924, Vitebsk Governorate was abolished, and Velizhsky Uyezd was transferred to Pskov Governorate. On August 1, 1927, Usmynsky District...

Porechsky Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate (since 1775, Porechye). Minor areas also belonged to Kholmsky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate, Velizhsky Uyezd of Vitebsk...

southwesternmost part of Pskovsky Uyezd and 3 volosts of Ostrovsky Uyezd went to Latvia. In 1924, Velizhsky, Nevelsky, and Sebezhsky Uyezds of Vitebsk Governorate...

oblast and borders with Zharkovsky District of Tver Oblast in the north, Velizhsky District in the northwest, Rudnyansky District in the southwest, Smolensky...

1924, Vitebsk Governorate was abolished, and Sebezhsky, Nevelsky, and Velizhsky Uyezds were transferred to Pskov Governorate. In 1920, the Treaty of Tartu...

Toropetsky, Troitsky, Tsevelsky, Usmynsky, Ust-Dolyssky, Usvyatsky, Velizhsky, and Velikoluksky. In Vyazma Okrug: Bukharinsky, Gzhatsky, Izdeshkovsky...

Toropetsky, Troitsky, Tsevelsky, Usmynsky, Ust-Dolyssky, Usvyatsky, Velizhsky, and Velikoluksky. On October 1, 1929 Velikiye Luki Okrug was transferred...

abolished and split between Demidovsky, Ilyinsky, Prechistensky, and Velizhsky Districts. In 1938, it was re-established. In 1960, Slobodskoy District...

in the southeast, Demidovsky District of Smolensk Oblast in the south, Velizhsky District of Smolensk Oblast in the southwest, and with Zapadnodvinsky...