Polotsk

E445547

city populated place

Polotsk is one of the oldest cities in Belarus, historically a major political, cultural, and religious center of the medieval East Slavic world.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Polotsk canonical	11
Polatsk	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ populated place ⓘ
administrativeStatus	city of regional subordination ⓘ
capitalOf	Principality of Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	55.4833 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	28.8000 ⓘ
country	Belarus ⓘ
demographics	predominantly East Slavic population ⓘ
firstMentioned	862 ⓘ
foundedInCentury	9th century ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	historic city ⓘ
hasLandmark	Jesuit Collegium in Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Monastery of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Bridge in Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum	Museum of Belarusian Printing in Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Polotsk Local History Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableFigure	Euphrosyne of Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Francysk Skaryna NERFINISHED ⓘ Vseslav of Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitle	spiritual capital of Belarus ⓘ
hasUniversity	Polotsk State University NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Byelorussian SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Polotsk Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ Principality of Polotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	major cultural center of medieval East Slavic world ⓘ major political center of medieval East Slavic world ⓘ major religious center of medieval East Slavic world ⓘ
isOneOf	oldest cities in Belarus ⓘ
locatedIn	Vitebsk Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Daugava River NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Dvina River NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Belarusian ⓘ Russian NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayConnection	Minsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Vitebsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousBuilding	Catholic churches ⓘ Orthodox cathedrals ⓘ monasteries ⓘ
religiousCenterFor	Catholicism ⓘ Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
roadConnection	Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilnius NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+3 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Principality of Polotsk → capital → Polotsk ⓘ

Principality of Polotsk → hasPart → Polotsk ⓘ

Novopolotsk → nearCity → Polotsk ⓘ

Rus' → majorCity → Polotsk ⓘ

Dzvina → passesThroughCity → Polotsk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polatsk

Friedrichshafen → twinnedWith → Polotsk ⓘ

Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych → residence → Polotsk ⓘ

Meylan → hasTwinTown → Polotsk ⓘ

Krivichs → majorSettlement → Polotsk ⓘ

Rogneda of Polotsk → residence → Polotsk ⓘ

Rogneda of Polotsk → placeOfBirth → Polotsk ⓘ

Western Dvina River → majorCityOnRiver → Polotsk ⓘ