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#mybelarus #traveltobelarus #Gorodok #Gorodokattractions #Vitebskregion Gorodok is the administrative center of the district of the same name in the Vitebsk region. The city is located on the banks of the Gorozhanka River and Lake Lugovoe, 29 km from Vitebsk, 266 km from Minsk and 45 km from the border with the Russian Federation. The Vitebsk-Nevel railway and the M8 Russian Federation border-Vitebsk-Gomel-Ukrainian border highway, which is part of the international route E95, pass through Gorodok. Gorodok was first mentioned in written sources in the second half of the 13th century in connection with the battle between the Polotsk people and the Lithuanian troops led by Prince Mingailo. In 1613, on the map of Tomasz Makowski, published in Amsterdam, Gorodok was marked as a town in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. As a result of the First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, Gorodok became part of the Russian Empire. According to statistics, in 1887 the city had more than two dozen industrial and craft enterprises, a hospital, a church parish school, and a vocational school. The population of the city was about 5,000 people, 3,500 of whom were Jews. After the October Revolution, in 1919, Gorodok became part of the RSFSR. Later, in 1924, it was annexed to the BSSR and became the center of the district. During the Great Patriotic War, from July 9, 1941 to December 24, 1943, the city was occupied by the Nazi invaders. Gorodok was liberated from the Nazis by troops of the 1st Baltic Front during the Gorodok Offensive Operation. Today Gorodok is a small regional center, where five industrial enterprises, several educational and cultural institutions operate, and the regional newspaper “Garadotsky Vesnik” is published.