Vyerkhnyadzvinsk

Vyerkhnyadzvinsk or Verkhnedvinsk (Belarusian: Верхнядзвінск, romanized: Vierchniadzvinsk;[a] Russian: Верхнедвинск), previously known as Drysa or Drissa[b] until 1962, is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus.It serves as the administrative center of Vyerkhnyadzvinsk District.[2] During the medieval period it formed part of the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.From 1801 it was the center of the Drissa uyezd of the Vitebsk Governorate, and during the War of 1812 it was the site of a fortified camp described by Leo Tolstoy in Book Three of War and Peace.During the Second World War, it was occupied by Germany and most of the local population was massacred.
Drissa (given name)BelarusianRussianBelarusRegionVitebsk RegionDistrictVyerkhnyadzvinsk DistrictArea coderomanizedDaugava RiverPrincipality of PolotskGrand Duchy of LithuaniaPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthVitebsk GovernorateWar of 1812Leo TolstoyWar and PeaceSecond World Warprecipitationsunshine hoursOfficial transliterationMaciej StryjkowskiJewishGenDistrictsraionyBeshankovichyBraslawChashnikiDokshytsyDubrownaHaradokHlybokayeLyepyelLyoznaPastavyPolotskRasonySharkawshchynaShumilinaSyannoTalachynUshachyVitebskVyerkhnyadzvinskDzisnaNovolukomlNovopolotsk