Obol
Обаль (Belarusian)
Оболь (Russian)
Obal
Urban-type settlement
Remains of Hrabnicki Palace, a cultural heritage monument of Belarus
Remains of Hrabnicki Palace,
a cultural heritage monument of Belarus[2]
Obol is located in Belarus
Obol
Obol
Location of Obol in Belarus
Coordinates: 55°21′4″N 29°17′46″E / 55.35111°N 29.29611°E / 55.35111; 29.29611
CountryBelarus
RegionVitebsk Region
DistrictShumilina District
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2023)[3]
 • Total2,139
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
222379
Area code+375 2130
License plate2

Obol or Obal (Russian: Оболь; Belarusian: Обаль) is an urban-type settlement in Shumilina District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus.[3][4] As of 2023, it has a population of 2,139.[3]

History

Obol was known since the 16th century as a village of the Połock Voivodeship, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. in 1772, following the Partitions of Poland, it became part of the Russian Empire.

In 1866, the construction of the Riga-Oryol railway contributed to its growth. The village was occupied from August 1941 to June 26, 1944 by the Nazi German troops, during World War II. In 1968 it was elevated from the status of village to the one of urban-type settlement.

Geography

Located in the center of Vitebsk Region, Obol lies between Vitebsk (64 kilometres (40 mi) southeast) and Polotsk (36 kilometres (22 mi) northwest), and is crossed by the Obol River. It is located 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Shumilino, 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Novopolotsk and 228 kilometres (142 mi) from Minsk. The town is served by the P20 highway and by the Smolensk-Vitebsk-Daugavpils-Riga railway.[5]

Notable people

Twin towns

References

  1. (in Russian) Obol on globus.tut.by
  2. ↑ (in Russian) Obol on globus.tut.by
  3. 1 2 3 "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2009). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Віцебская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 505. ISBN 978-985-458-192-7.
  5. ↑ 25105764 Obol on OpenStreetMap
  6. ↑ (in Russian) Ufarkinym, Nickolai V. "Портнова Зинаида Мартыновна" [Portnov Zinaida Martinovna]. warheroes.ru. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. ↑ (in Swedish) Info at Ödeshög municipal website Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  • Media related to Obaĺ at Wikimedia Commons
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