- First of all, because it is the oldest city of Belarus. You will be shown a mound wherefrom the history of Polotsk and of Belarus began more than 11 centuries ago.
- For the first time, Polotsk was mentioned in the “Tale of Bygone Years”, in the year 862, which makes it the oldest city in Belarus.
- In the middle of the 10th century, the Duchy of Polotsk formed. The first information about the town is linked with Rogvolod – the first duke of Polotsk.
- When Ivan the Terrible captured Polotsk in 1563, he ordered that all the Jews who refused to be baptized (around 300), should be drowned in the Dvina River.
- Apart from very few seasonal services to Brest, the only airport with regular international flights is Minsk, from which you can take a train or bus to Polotsk.
- Bölgenin çok hızlı siyasi, ekonomik ve kültürel gelişimine katkıda bulunan ünlü “Varanglılardan Yunanlılara giden yol” Polotsk'tan geçiyordu.
- Fakat en büyük ve en önemlisi Polotsk ve Turov princedoms idi. Yetkilileri altında daha küçük sesli görüş vardı. Pinsk, Minsk, Vitebsk ve diğerleri gibi.
- Polotsk skorlarının yanında Flashscore.com.tr üzerinde ayrıca 90'dan fazla ülkeden 1000'den fazla futbol ligini ve kupasını takip edebilirsiniz.
- Unlike Kiev, the baptism of Polotsk was not of a violent nature, and Christianity accepted for a long time was an external formality.