Vitebsk

American

[vee-tepsk, vyee-tyipsk] / ˈvi tɛpsk, ˈvyi tyɪpsk /

Russian Vitsyebsk

noun

a city in northeast Belarus, on the Dvina River.

Vitebsk British

/ ˈvitɪpsk /

noun

a city in E Belarus, a port on the Dvina river: taken by Russia in 1772. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

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In the town of Vitebsk I sit in on one of his campaign events.

From BBC

On the edge of Vitebsk is the little town of Oktyabrskaya.

From BBC

For years, “Over Vitebsk” occupied a central place in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, which spoke of Marc Chagall’s painting of his hometown in the Russian empire as an important part of its holdings.

From New York Times

Among them are Viachaslau Lazarau, who was arrested in Vitebsk and is facing charges of “contributing to extremist activities,” and cameraman Pavel Padabed, who was detained in Minsk on Tuesday for a social media post from 2012.

From Seattle Times

Unofficial Telegram channels monitoring military activity in Belarus reported late on Saturday that some 1,400-1,600 Russian troops arrived from Russia into the northeastern city of Vitebsk in Belarus over the past two days.

From Reuters

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