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	Svisloch District (Belarus)
		The Svisloch District (Rayon in Russian) is situated in the southwest of the Grodno Region.
		The administrative center is the urban-type settlement Svisloch.
		The largest rivers are the Narov, Ros’, Svisloch, Zelvianka.
	www.belarus.by /en/belarus/territory/grodno/svislochr (214 words)

	Minsk Travel Tips - Minsk Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
		During 90-s of XX century the church was renovated (for example, as result, the church has new roofs of the towers).
		The central Park is situated in the central part of city, near of Victory Square and the City Circus, on the bank of Svisloch' River.
		Near of Svisloch River and Central Park there is Victory Square with 40 meters high monument.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Belarus/Minsk-340356/General_Tips-Minsk-R-2.html (621 words)

	Minsk hotels
		The hotel is situated on the bank of the famous Svisloch River, only five minutes' walk from the so-called "Old town"...
		The twelve-story building of this three star hotel is located in the western part of Minsk not very far from the central railway station...
		It is situated on one of the most picturesque places in the centre of the city, on the bank of the river Svisloch.
	www.hotels-minsk.com (356 words)

	Official Site of Grodno Region Administration (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Svisloch district is located in the south-west of Grodno region.
		The town-type settlement of Svisloch is the centre of the district.
		The settlement of Svisloch is connected by highways with Grodno, Porozovo and Volkovysk.
	www.region.grodno.by /eng/regions/14.shtml (250 words)

	Minsk Hotels
		The hotel is situated on the bank of the famous Svisloch River, only five minutes' walk from the so-called "Old town"...
		The twelve-story building of this three star hotel is located in the western part of Minsk not very far from the central railway station...
		It is situated on one of the most picturesque places in the centre of the city, on the bank of the river Svisloch.
	hotels-minsk.com /hotels.htm (261 words)

	Exhibitions in Minsk - ABOUT MINSK
		Unfortunately, during nine centuries of its existence the ancient city on the river Svisloch was seven times plundered, destroyed and burnt.
		The main orthodox Cathedral of the city, built in the first half of the XVII cent., is placed not far from the Liberty Square.
		Close to the theatre there is one more place beloved by the citizens – the big and marvelous park which is adjoined to the river Svisloch from two sides.
	www.greenexpo.by /minsk.asp?lang=en (1100 words)

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		The city's second largest avenue Prospect Masherov with its numerous public buildings and dwelling blocks rising along the water-and-park Svisloch river artery was chiefly built in the '70s - '80s.
		The new residential areas on the outskirts ofthe city have been made just as convenient for the people to live in as the residential blocks in the centre are.
		The pride ofthe city are its parks - the Gorki Park, the Cheluskintsy Park, the Central Botanical Gardens and the water-and-park Svisloch reserve.
	www.geocities.com /belarus_com/minsk.htm (1119 words)

	MINT (PLANT) - LoveToKnow Article on MINT (PLANT) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1812 it was invaded by the army of Napoleon I. Archaeological finds of great value, dating from the Neolithic and subsequent ages, have lately been made.
		MINSK, a town of Russia, capital of the government of the same name, on the Svisloch, a tributary of the Berezina, at the intersection of the Moscow-Warsaw and Libau-Kharkov railways, 430 m.
		It had, in 1897, 91,494 inhabitants, of whom one-third were Jews of the poorest class; the others were White Russians, Poles and Tatars.
	73.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MI/MINT_PLANT_.htm (2780 words)

	The official internet-portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus/Minsk - the capital of Belarus
		More than 900 years ago, on the right bank of the river Svisloch, at the place where another river, the Nemiga, was flowing into it, on a low hill, there arose the town of Minsk (mentioned in the annals as Mienesk, Miensk, Minsk).
		The ancient Minsk castle was situated, as it has been mentioned, on a natural island with a low hill, washed by the river Nemiga where it flows into the Svisloch.
		It was on their demand that the general-governor P. Kurlov released the political prisoners, but at the same time ordered to shoot down the unarmed rally participants.
	www.president.gov.by /en/press10684.html (2866 words)

	The water of Svisloch
		It appeared in the water of Svisloch …
		The history of appearance of the majority of wonderworking icons is shrouded in myths and legends which as a rule do not have documentary confirmations.
		Time and people have kept the wonderworking, "it appeared on the water of Svisloch … ".
	www.privet-minsk.com /the-water-of-Svisloch.html (825 words)

	MinskHistory
		Just take walk in the centre of the city or go to the residential areas on the outskirts and you will see it for yourself.
		The city has acquired its peculiar look and colouring thanks to the well-planned avenues and squares, to the green ofthe parks and gardens stretching along the Svisloch river, to the historical monuments and the newly-built underground stations.
		A bigger park now named after M.Gorki was planted along the Svisloch river valley.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/3954/minskhis.htm (1119 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There is a town of Osipovichi (the centre of the district), the work settlements of Grodyanka, Tatarka and Yelizovo, 153 villages and 12 village councils (Osipovichi, Vyazyevo, Doroganovo, Drichin, Kamenichi, Korytno, Lapichi, Lipen, Pogoreloye, Protosevichi, Svisloch, Yasen) in the district.
		The river Berezina crosses the district with its tributaries the Svisloch and the Ptich.
		The prevailing soil type is sod-podzol, sod-podzol marsh and peat marsh.
	www.region.mogilev.by /eng/regions/16.shtml (289 words)

	Bialowieski National Park. Who is Bialowieski National Park? What is Bialowieski National Park? Where is Bialowieski ...
		Belovezhskaya Pushcha, also known as Bialowieza Forest (Polish Puszcza Białowieska), is a ancient virginal forest reserve stradling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest.
		This UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve can be found in south-west Belarus in parts of the Brest voblast (Kamenets and Pruzhany districts) and Hrodna voblast (Svisloch district) in Belarus and in the Bialostockie administrative region (62km south-east of Bialystok and 190km north-east of Warsaw) in Bialowieza Poland.
		On the Polish side it is known as Białowieski Park Narodowy, or Bialowieza National Park and occupies over 10,000 ha.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Bialowieski_National_Park (541 words)

	Minsk (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Minsk is the capital of Belarus and its political, industrial, scientific, and cultural center with a population of 1,712,600 people (as of January 2002).
		Minsk is an ancient city first mentioned in chronicles in 1067 A.D. as a fortress in the Polotsk Principality situated on the banks of the Svisloch and the Nemiga rivers and surrounded by swamps and woods.
		In 1499 under the Magdeburg Law, the city was granted the right of self–government and land ownership, as well as certain privileges relating to crafts, commerce, and duties.
	www.development.by /belarus/minsk.html (505 words)

	Future
		Two years ago (in 2002) there was the decision of Minsk City Council made for further development of the Zoo along the floodplain of the Svisloch, in total area of 42 hectares.
		Artificial and natural water bodies for different bird species will be located along the river Svisloch.
		The next stage will be reconstruction of old part and creation of "Children’s Zoo" and building of new main entrance with administrative-cultural-entertainment centre and footbridge.
	www.minskzoo.by /future_en.html (487 words)

	Svisloch, Bobruisk uyezd, Minsk gubernia, Belarus
		There may also be information in the All Belarus Database under an alternate name of Svisloch.
		There may also be information on the Belarus SIG website under an alternate name of Svisloch.
		There may also be information in the USHMM database under an alternate name of Svisloch.
	www.jewishgen.org /belarus/shtetls/shtetl_detail.php?filename=ssvislochbm (1164 words)

	Belarus
		Presently this covers: Belarus, Drutsk, Gomiy, Gorodets-Dregovsky, Grodno, Izyaslavl, Klechesk, Logozhesk, Lukoml, Minsk, Nesvezh, Novgorodok, Pinsk, Polotsk, Sluchesk, Strezhev, Svisloch, Turov, Visloch, Vitebsk, Volkoviysk, and Vslonim.
		Not the modern Svisloch of Grodno oblast, Belarus.
		A town (now village) in modern Grodno oblast of Belarus 45 miles (75 km.) south of Grodno; not the Svisloch in Mogilev oblast, Belarus.
	starnarcosis.net /obsidian/belarus.html (798 words)

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		A new gas-filling station of the “Belorusneft – Svisloch GAS” branch will be opened on the 14th of May.
		Works on bringing into service a new gas-filling station of the “Belorusneft – Svisloch GAS” branch are being completed.
		The construction of facilities of the “Belorusneft – Svisloch GAS” branch is one of the activity guidelines of the Production Association “Belorusneft” in the liquefied gas export.
	www.beloil.by /en/news/f496d6cb3f7e5b8b.html (219 words)

	Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Not the modern Svisloch of Grodno oblast, Belarus.
		A town (now village) in modern Grodno oblast of Belarus 45 miles (75 km.) south of Grodno; not the Svisloch in Mogilev oblast, Belarus.
		This place was briefly a Principality within Novgorodok in the 13th century.
	www.hostkingdom.net /belarus.html (781 words)

	Minsk is the capital of Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More than 900 years ago on the banks of the Nemiga and Svisloch rivers came into existance the city of Minsk or Mensk as it used to be called before.
		The name of the city is associated with the river Menka that flowed into lake Ptych not far from the city.
		But the legends say that the city derives its name from the word "mena" as in the ancient times there was a barter market in the newly- founded settlement on the right bank of the Svisloch.
	belarus.ecotour.ru /e_minsk.html (427 words)

	Minsk -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The old section of Minsk, the capital of Belarus, sits on the banks of the Svisloch River.
		Minsk is situated in the central part of the nation.
		It lies on gently hilly terrain on both banks of the Svisloch River, which flows southeast through the region.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9275858&query=belarus&ct=ebi (812 words)

	Lewis - Sask New Democrats
		He was born in Svisloch, Poland, in 1909.
		By the time Lewis was nine years old Svisloch has been overrun five times by Russian armies, then by Germans, followed by the Bosheviks.
		He knew how poor people in Montreal were suffering during the depression years of the 1930s but their penury couldn't match the almost universal deprivation being endured by the people of Svisloch - and of Warsaw too.
	www.saskndp.com /history/lewis.html (1703 words)

	Juravinka - business & recreation center
		Also you will be able to savor excellent taste of barbecue dishes cooked on coal in your presence.
		Barmy bear will perfectly accentuate the taste of barbeque and wonderful view of park area and Svisloch river embankment will create a special mood.
		During warm period of the year open terrace with a view of Svisloch river operates.
	www.juravinka.by /article.jsp?id=1832 (240 words)

	Juravinka - business & recreation center
		Complex ZHURAVINKA is situated in a picturesque place in the very center of Minsk rising over the bend of Svisloch river.
		Faced with pink granite and occupying two wings of a 4-storied building the complex compactly housed every possibility needed for fruitful work and full-value relaxation.
		Moreover, cafe-bar "Lasunak" will gratify you with a view of park are and Svisloch embankment.
	www.juravinka.by /article.jsp?id=1820 (396 words)

	Svisloch, Grodno gubernia, Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Svisloch was in the Svislochskaya volost' (courtesy of Vitaly Charny)
		There may also be information on the Belarus SIG website under an alternate name of Svisloch.
		There may also be information in the USHMM database under an alternate name of Svisloch.
	jewishgen.org /belarus/shtetls/shtetl_detail.php?filename=ssvislochg (839 words)

	Belarusian athletes win 212 Olympic licenses - Svisloch regional executive committee. Official site. - Republic / News ...
		Belarusian athletes win 212 Olympic licenses - Svisloch regional executive committee.
		In a month, on August 8 at 8pm, an official opening ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games will start in China’s capital Beijing.
		All in all the Belarusian delegation will include more than 330 people including coaches, psychologists, technical staff and other specialists.
	svisloch.grodno-region.by /en/news/republic?id=1555 (221 words)

	Author's photos of nighttime Minsk by TV company SVOY KRUG
		The Victory Square, The House of the Government, The Mayoral Office of Minsk, the railway station square, Masherov avenue.
		The Svisloch, The Freedom Square, new districts, Gorki park.
		Masherov avenue, the church of the XIth century, The Central Square, new districts, Tank T34 near the House of Officers.
	www.krug.com.by /work-archives-minsk-night_e.html (102 words)

	museum of the old way of life of Belarus Welcome to DUDUTKI on WWW Belarus
		..The country between two rivers, ptich and svisloch, on the baltic and the Black Seas, is known as an ancient water way, named by chronicle writer Nester a big water way "from the Vikings to the Greeks".
		One of this roads served the rivers Ptich and Schat, joined with the Neman by portage (carrying place between two navigable waters) and the river Losha.
		Since 15th -16th centuries along the land-tracks near the Svisloch and the Ptich there appeared and then crumbled szlachta's (dynasty's) estates.
	www.belarus.net /polyfact/oldway.htm (510 words)

	BBC News \| Europe \| Belarus police clash with protesters
		Baton-wielding riot police charged the protesters many of whom threw stones as they fled.
		A number of protesters were seen jumping into the city's Svisloch River to escape the police charge.
		About 50 opposition supporters were arrested, representatives of the opposition Belarussian Popular Front told reporters.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/europe/477830.stm (273 words)

	Minsk \| Personal stories
		Berta's father worked in a state-owned factory building furniture, an occupation in which several of his relatives also made a living.
		1933-39: We lived on Novomesnitskaya Street in central Minsk, only a few blocks from the Svisloch River.
		My older sister, Dora, loved to swim there in the summer.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/media_oi.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005187&MediaId=1654&print=y (262 words)

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		NISHA Chirnomas of Arizona is trying to find descendants of Cohen relatives from Svisloch, Belarus.
		The family are believed to have emigrated to Manchester.
		Abraham died a young man in Svisloch, but Nisha's grandmother, Elke Fuks, emigrated to Montreal in 1913 with her six children.
	www.jewishtelegraph.com /roots_77.html (850 words)

	Essential Minsk Svisloch river - Sightseeing in Minsk - In Your Pocket city guide - essential travel guides to cities ...
		Essential Minsk Svisloch river - Sightseeing in Minsk - In Your Pocket city guide - essential travel guides to cities in Belarus
		Belarus - Minsk - Sightseeing - Essential Minsk - Svisloch river
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	www.inyourpocket.com /belarus/minsk/sightseeing/venue/2473-svisloch_river.html (61 words)

	Links
		Known as Sislevich in Yiddish, Svisloch was one of the
		Located on the Svisloch River, it had nearly 1,000 Jews in 1847 and more than twice that number half a century later, giving it a substantial Jewish majority.
		A market town, it was linked economically to Bialystok and other towns in the area.
	www.porozow.com /Links.htm (1067 words)

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