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	Touristic guidebook - Welcome to Smolensk region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Velizh is situated at a distance of 115 km to the North-West of Smolensk in the direction of the Smolensk – Nevel – St.-Petersburg highway.
		The official account of the age of Velizh, founded on the Western Dvina, began in 1536.
		For the period of its long history Velizh was in the Vitebsk region, the Pskovsk region and belonged to the polish crown.
	admin.smolensk.ru /tour_sp/eng/vel.htm (193 words)

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		The Eleventh Army and its illustrious commander, minus a few key units, were immediately transferred to the threatened area, and the LIX Corps was left to its fate.
		All that remained in the area was the 83rd Infantry Division screening Velikiye Luki in the center and the 3rd Gebirgsjäger (mountain troop) Division slightly to the south.
		The recently formed 6th Luftwaffe Field Division was committed to the area just north of Velizh, but Göring's restrictions on its use and its overall poor level of training made it of little use.
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	Political Division
		On July 11, 1919 the Mogilev gubernia was abolished; 9 uyezds went into the Gomel gubernia; the Mstislavl uyezd was given to the Smolensk gubernia; the Senno uyezd - to the Vitebsk gubernia.
		The Vitebsk Gubernia was divided into 12 uyezds: Velizh, Vitebsk, Gorodok, Drisa, Dvinsk, Lepel, Lyutsin, Nevel, Polotsk, Rezhitsk, Sebezh, and Surazh (abolished in 1866) uyezds.
		The Bialystok Region was part of the territory which went to Prussia as a result of the third partition of Rzecz Pospolita (1795) and was given to Russia in 1807 according to the Peace Treaty of Tilzit.
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		For example, the Velizh case was started on April 24, 1823 by the Velizh city police, and finished on January 18, 1835, a 12-year investigation in common meeting of State Council.” The examination of this case occupies almost 60 pages of this book in its original format.
		Following the Velizh case, the soldier’s wife Maksimova testified that Jews needed the blood, by their words, for a Jewish-woman in childbirth; Phyokla Seleznyova gave similar evidence, too, followed by another case that occurred in Minsk during the year 1833.
		But in 1825, during the passage of Emperor Alexander I through Velizh, the soldier’s wife Terentyeva gave a request to His Majesty, in which she called a boy Phyodor Yemelyanov by her son and complained that he was lost by Jews.
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	Jonas Jablonskis at AllExperts
		A difficult financial situation forced a move in 1908 to Brest-Litovsk, where he taught until 1912, when he was transferred to Grodno.
		At the beginning of World War I the entire school was evacuated to Velizh, Russia.
		From 1915-18 he taught at the Lithuanian refugees' gymnasium in Voronezh, from where he returned to Vilnius almost totally disabled and confined to a wheel-chair.
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		In the year 1823, on the first day of the Christian Passover, a boy of three years, Theodore Yemelyanov, the son of a Russian soldier, disappeared in the city of Velizh, in the government of Vitebsk.
		As a counterbalance to the artificial religious reforms of the West, he sets up the far-reaching principle of Jewish evolution, of a gradual amalgamation of the national and humanitarian element within Judaism.
		For the immediate future Novosiltzev advises to refrain from economic restrictions, such as the prohibition of the liquor traffic, though he concedes the advisability of checking its growth, and advocates the adoption of a system of economic reforms by stimulating crafts and agriculture among the Jews.
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		But by that time the bureaucrats of St. Truth found its champion in the person of the aged statesman, Mordvinov, who owned some estates near Velizh, and, being well-acquainted with the Jews of the town, was roused to indignation by the false charges concocted against them.
		The next moment she heard a howl, which was hardly a howl, but rather an angry murmur, as when a strong and sweeping wind becomes bottled up in a narrow passage.
		Petersburg, on February 27, 1891--communications are received on this subject; temperate, and couched in language respectful to the Government of the Czar; but at the same time indicative and strongly expressive of the depth and prevalence of the sentiment of disaprobation and regret.
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		VELIZH finally falls, (see below) and Keating catches some of its defenders in Clear terrain and punishes them.
		Trout is now compelled to retreat, not just from the immediate vicinity of VELIZH, but all along the Dvina to the NE of the town.
		The fall of VELIZH, though inevitable, will be a fl mark, one that won’t be completely erased by the destruction of yet another German unit.
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	Ronkins Around the World
		Grandpa Grigorii Alexandrovitch Ronkin was born in 1904 as 14th and last son of his parents at village of Kolpaki, Usminskaya Volnost, Velizh Uezd, Smolenskaya Guberniya.
		His wife Sofia Isaakovna Ronkina (born Nahmanson) was born in the town of Velizh, Smolenskaya Gubernia.
		Their first child is Vladimir Grigorievitch Ronkin, born on September 6th 1937 in the town of Velizh, Smolenskaya Gubernia.
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	CHAPTER 3
		By mid-November 1942 the northernmost corps sector of Army Group Center extended seventy miles, from the town of Velizh north to the army group boundary.
		The third regimental commander, who was still in good physical condition, actually had to command each of the three regiments in turn as they were successively committed in the attack.
		Army group had requested the approval of the Air Force for the employment of a parachute division which was then in a quiet position southeast of Velizh.[Ed.: In the German system of organization, parachute units were part of the Luftwaffe.] Goering refused, insisting that the division remain intact in its present position.
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	Chapter Five: Indispensable Expedients (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Enemy spearheads were approaching the vicinity of Vitebsk, Velizh, and Velikiye Luki.
		Because of the heavy weight of the ammunition- each projectile weighed approximately 110 pounds- the few remaining trucks had to use the Vitebsk Velizh highway after it had been cleared of snow and mines.
		During this emergency march the local model of low, small sleighs usually drawn by one or two Panje horses proved to be the only effective means of transportation.
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		In all the sad affair the most prominent feeling will be that of gratitude at his escape.
		But towards the end of Alexander's reign it came to life again, and gave rise to the monstrous Velizh case.
		They were mostly occupied in quietly pluming their feathers, and only some of the young birds, which had been hatched that spring, were hopping about from branch to branch.
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		[2] The last years of Rabbi Baer were darkened by the White Russian catastrophes, the expulsion from the villages in 1823, and the ominous turn in the ritual murder trial of Velizh.
		The only modern Jewish organization of that period was the "Society for the Diffusion of Enlightenment amongst the Jews," which had been founded in 1867 by a small coterie of Jewish financiers and intellectuals of St. One more attempt was made to procrastinate the matter.
		Then he knew that he was still among the living, and on top of the sea.
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	Vitebsk, Russia (Government) - LoveToKnow 1911
		The population was estimated at 1,740,700 in 1906.
		The government is divided into eleven districts, the chief towns of which are Vitebsk, Drisa, Dvinsk, formerly Diinaburg, Gorodok, Lepel, Lyutsyn, Nevel, Polotsk, Ryezhitsa, Sebezh and Velizh.
		This page was last modified 12:17, 24 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Vitebsk,_Russia_(Government) (287 words)

	WebRoots Library U.S. Military - WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		After they had crossed the frozen Dvina River the two batteries were committed for the relief of Velizh as part of a reinforced corps.
		Because of the heavy weight of the ammunition- each projectile weighed approximately 110 pounds- the few remaining trucks had to use the Vitebsk Velizh highway after it had been cleared of snow and mines.
		During this emergency march the local model of low, small sleighs usually drawn by one or two Panje horses proved to be the only effective means of transportation.
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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - CAHAN, ABRAHAM: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		He, however, was attracted by secular knowledge and clandestinely studied the Russian language, ultimately prevailing on his parents to allow him to enter the Teachers' Institute of Wilna, from which he was graduated in 1881.
		He was appointed teacher in a Jewish government school in Velizh, government of Vitebsk, in the same year; but a domiciliary visit by the police, resulting from his connection with the revolutionary movement, caused him to flee the country.
		After many vicissitudes he, in June, 1882, arrived in New York, where he still resides.
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	The Mazal Library
		May it please the Tribunal, before I say my final words may I tell the story of an event which I experienced at the end of September or beginning of October 1941 in Velizh, the headquarters of my Kommando, and which I related to Mr.
		In the area of Velizh a number of German soldiers had been murdered in a partisan attack.
		The competent military field commander handed over to me a number of farmers from collective farms from a village which was located near the site of the attack.
	www.mazal.org /archive/nmt/04/NMT04-T0399.htm (296 words)

	Smolensk I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		By this point in the campaign discipline was already failing in some corps, looting was becoming more widespread, and the French received little comfort in foraging attempts.
		Napoleon halted the French advance and rested the army for seven to eight days between Velizh and Mogilev.
		The Russians, with a newly united army of from 120,000 to 130,000 under Barclay de Tolly, under pressure from the Czar to halt the French advance, prepared to take a more energetic attack on the French, but slow work hampered their movements.
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		He occasionally appeared in court, though he was generally occupied in politics, and in his case, as in nearly all others, the practice of the law and the occupation of politics did not always move harmoniously together.
		On his arrival in Velizh, Strakhov first of all arrested Terentyeva, and subjected her to a series of cross-examinations during which he endeavored to put her on what he considered the desirable track.
		He had to leave the town of Berdychev in which he resided at the time, and removed to Zhitomir.
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		Michl just surrendered in our games, I had built up a substantial lead by turn 10 (we played mirrored games each up to turn 10) having as the Germans killed 40+ more units than he did (I think it was 120 to 80 or so).
		I had captured Velizh on turn 7 and Demidov on turn 9, he had yet to capture either as the Germans by turn 10 when we called it.
		I was 2 hexes from Smolensk and Michl was about 6 away and we were both about to attack Mstislavl.
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		The growing generation knew not the sweetness of being young.
		At the judicial inquiry, Terentyeva implicated two of the most prominent Jews of Velizh, the merchant Shmerka [1] Berlin, and Yevzik [2] Zetlin, a member of the local town council.
		Jacob Brafman, a native of the government of Minsk, had deserted his race and religion in the last years of Nicholas' conscription, hoping thereby to escape the nets of the vigilant Kahal "captors" who wished to draft him into the army.
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		John B. Two of the cartridges were exploded in a closed box sent herewith.
		They "recollected" and revealed before the Commission of Inquiry a score of religious crimes which they alleged had been perpetrated by the Jews prior to the Velizh affair, such as the murder of children in suburban inns, the desecration of church utensils and similar misdeeds.
		It was generally felt that his selection was designed to serve as a preliminary step to the transfer of the imperial capital from St. He insisted, particularly, that the time could not be far distant when sailing ships would be entirely superseded by steamers.
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	www.maplandia.cz /rusko/smolenskaya-oblast/velizhskiy-rayon/velizh (456 words)

	CEJSH Publication information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The rare and rather late model of improper compounds: anthroponym + 'gorod', 'gorodok' is presented, for example, in place names Mirgorod, David-Gorodok as well; in author's opinion, it arose by analogy with compound anthroponyms.
		The name 'Velizh' corresponds to the Czech toponym 'Veliz', which allows to explain it as derived from the unattested personal name *Velid (big, large, great).
		The name of the settlement 'Lukh' is motivated by the same hydronym that is not of the Finno-Ugric origin, but is related to Polish 'lek' (arch, bend) and, further, Lithuanian lankas, Lettish luoks (crook, arch, etc.); the final '-kh' is a result of the dialectal transition.
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		By mid-November 1942 the northernmost corps sector of Army Group Centre extended seventy miles, from the town of Velizh nort
		The third regimental commander, who was still in good physical condition, actually had to command each of the three regiments in turn as they were successively committed in the attack.
		Army group had requested the approval of the Air Force for the employment of a parachute division which was then in a quiet position southeast of Velizh.[Ed.: In the German system of organization, parachute units were part of the Luftwaffe.] Goering refused, insisting that the division remain intact in its present position.
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		The Jews accused of having killed the soldier boy Yemelyanov and of other similar deeds, which are implied in the Velizh trial, no indictment whatsoever having been found against them, shall be freed from further judgment and inquiry.
		Neagle put his right hand up as he ordered Terry to stop, when Terry carried his right hand at once to his breast, evidently to seize the knife which he had told the Alameda county jailer he "always carried." Says Neagle: "This hand came right to his breast.
		Judge Bennett asked if I were certain that he had made such a threat.
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	Max Penson, Retrospective - Creative Europe
		Max Penson was born in 1893 in Velizh near Vitebsk, the latter city being the birth-place of Marc Chagall.
		After learning to read and write completely on his own, in 1907 he entered the Velizh Town School which he finished in 1911.
		He later studied at the College of Art and Industry of the Antokolski Society in Vilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania).
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		This is an additional proof for the contention that systematic pogroms in Russia are impossible as long as the central Government and the local authorities are honestly and firmly set against them.
		Consul Garman, on the other hand, was particularly well disposed towards him, and there were some who maintained that the young Consul would gladly have the name of Worse back in the firm, perhaps as his son-in-law; who could tell?
		Then he turned toward her a face that was pale and haggard.
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		No matter what the result, I propose to stay here until my wife is dismissed.
		Towards the end of January of 1835 an imperial ukase reached the city of Velizh, ordering the liberation of the exculpated Jews, the reopening of the synagogues, which had been sealed since 1826, and the handing back to the Jews of the holy scrolls which had been confiscated by the police.
		To add to this, too, the visits he paid to his home were generally coincident with some remarkable event or another.
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	Gefreiter Heinz Trimborn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Korps, but would probably have been switched to different Korps as the situation demanded.
		Armee followed in the wake of Panzer Gruppe 3 and was involved in the reduction of the Minsk / Biaylstok pockets before advancing north of Smolensk into the Velizh / Toropets area where it went over to the defensive in early August.
		These positions were held until the attack on Moscow began at the start of October.
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