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| | Polacak / Polotsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Over the wartime years, the library of the St. Sophia's Cathedral, where chronicles, books and other documents of Belarusan culture covering Polacak's entire history were kept, was completely plundered. |
 | | In 1579 the city was liberated by the Grand Duke of Litva and King of Poland Stefan Batory (Istvan Bathory in Hungarian). |
 | | In 1581 the Polacak Jesuit College, a secondary school (later, in 1812 it became an academy) was founded. |
| www.belarusguide.com /cities/polacak.html (2057 words) |
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