Vitebsk

Vitebsk developed from a river harbor where the Vitba River flows into the Western Dvina.

The Annunciation Church in Vitebsk was constructed in the 1140s as a pagan place of worship.

Vitebsk has a warm summer humid continental climate, with approximately 724 mm of precipitation annually.

Zhores Alferov, a notable person from Vitebsk, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2000.

Aaron Copland composed the piano trio 'Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme' in 1928, inspired by a Jewish folk song.