Proper noun
Polotsk
A city in Belarus.
Conway (2003), p. 591 One of the first miracles attributed to Casimir was his appearance before the Lithuanian army during the Siege of Polotsk in 1518. Source: Internet
By 1150, Minsk rivaled Polotsk as the major city in the former Principality of Polotsk. Source: Internet
Báthory, together with his chancellor Zamoyski, led the army of the Commonwealth in a series of decisive campaigns taking Polotsk in 1579 and Velikiye Luki in 1580. Source: Internet
In 1183, Polotsk and Pskov were ravaged, and even the distant and powerful Novgorod Republic was repeatedly threatened by the excursions from the emerging Lithuanian war machine toward the end of the 12th century. Source: Internet
In 1212, Albert led a campaign to compel Polotsk to grant German merchants free river passage. Source: Internet
In the early 12th century, the Principality of Polotsk disintegrated into smaller fiefs. Source: Internet