Mstsislaw

Mszislau (White Russian Мсціслаў ( academic spelling ), Амсьціслаў (classical orthography ), Mścisłaŭ, Amścisłaŭ, Russian Мстиславль, Polish Mścisław ) is a city in the eastern part of Belarus with about 11,700 inhabitants ( 2004) on the border with Russia. It is the capital of the Rajons Mszislau and is located in the Mahiljouskaja Woblasz.

Coat of arms

Description: In an ongoing silver resist sighted Red Wolf swinging under a sign at the left edge of breaking forth of a blue cloud a silver sword a hand.

History

Mszislau was originally a part of the Slavic principality of Smolensk and then became the capital of a principality of the same name. 1377 club mimicked the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mszislau. The city remained until the First Partition of Poland in 1772 in Poland - Lithuania.

Attractions

  • Carmelite church in 1637, renovated: 1746 to 1750
  • Jesuit church of 1640, renovated: 1730 to 1738, since 1842 Orthodox Cathedral

Son of the city

  • Simon Dubnow (1860-1941), historian and theorist of Judaism
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