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Velizh
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Velizh
Velizh
(; ; ; ) is a
town
and the
administrative center
of
Velizhsky District
in
Smolensk Oblast
,
Russia
, located on the bank of the
Western Dvina
, from
Smolensk
, the administrative center of the
oblast
. Population:
History
In the late 14th century, it used to be a border fortress of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
. Muscovy recaptured it in 1536, but it was restored to Lithuania in the 1582
Truce of Yam-Zapolsky
. The town was returned to Russia under the terms of the
First Partition of Poland
. The houses of
Nikolay Przhevalsky
and
Alexander Rodzyanko
in the proximity to Velizh are open to the public as museums.
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