Mjory

Mjory | Miory

Мёры | Миоры

( Belarus. ) | ( Russian )

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State :

Belarus

Woblasz :

Vitebsk

Coordinates :

55 ° 37 ′ N , 27 ° 38 ′ E Coordinates: 55 ° 37 ′ N , 27 ° 38 ′ E

Area :

1,800 km²

Residents :

10,900 (2007)

Population density :

6 inhabitants per km²

Time zone :

Moscow time ( UTC + 3 )

Telephone code :

(+375) 2152

Postal code :

BY - 211930

License plate :

2

Website :

www.miory.vitebsk-region.gov.by

Mjory

Mjory - View of the Assumption Church

Mjory (also Miory , Belarusian : Мёры ) is a city in Vitebskaya Woblasz in the north of the Republic of Belarus with about 10,900 inhabitants. It is located on the east bank of Lake Mjory .

The city of Mjory is the administrative center of Mjory Raion . It is located about 190 km from Vitebsk and 245 km from the capital Minsk .

history

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1514. In 1691 the first Catholic church in Mjory was built of wood.

In 1864 the residents of Mjory took part in the January uprising .

Since September 1939 Mjory has belonged to Belarus .

coat of arms

Description: In blue above three silver wavy bars, a silver swan with gold-billed wings flapping its wings .

literature

Miory , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , p. 484

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