Smaĺjany

Also known as Smalyany, Smolian, Smolany, Smalany, Smoliany, Smolyani, Smoljany, Smaljani

Smalyany (; ) is an agrotown in Orsha District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Smalyany selsoviet. It is situated west-northwest of Orsha.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Smalyany
Settlement.settlement_type: Agrotown
Settlement.image_skyline: Church of the Transfiguration Smolyany Belorussia 2010.jpg
Settlement.shield_size: 75px
Settlement.flag_size: 150px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Vitebsk Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Orsha District
Settlement.timezone: MSK
Settlement.utc_offset: +3

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: agrotown
Country: Belarus
Population: 1163
Elevation: 205
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Image: Church of the Transfiguration Smolyany Belorussia 2010.jpg

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Commons category: Smaĺjany
postal code: 211014
Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/smolyany/index.htm
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
inception: 1626-00-00
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Smaliany

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Smalyany (; ) is an agrotown in Orsha District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Smalyany selsoviet. It is situated west-northwest of Orsha.

==History== During the French invasion of Russia in 1812, Russian troops led by Peter Wittgenstein defeated French forces at the Battle of Smoliani.

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