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Shchepany Destination Guide

Touring Shchepany in Belarus

Shchepany in the region of Hrodzyenskaya Voblastsʼ is located in Belarus - some 70 mi or ( 112 km ) North-West of Minsk , the country's capital city .

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Time in Shchepany is now 02:05 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Minsk " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Riga, Pskov, Vilnius, Utena, and Vilyeyka. Being here already, consider visiting Riga . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Shchepany ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Faror island

Faror Island is an island of Hormozgan Province in Iran. It is located 36 miles from the city of Abu Moussa and 141 miles from Bandar Abbas. The island is currently uninhabited save from a few government officials that reside there. Greater Faror Island is situated in one of the world's earthquake belts. The remains of ruined buildings and water wells on the island testify to the presence of some settlements in the past.

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Located at 54.52 26.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Hormozgan Province, Islands of Iran

Smarhon (air base)

Smarhon (also Smorgon and Smorgon Northwest) was a Soviet Air Force base in Belarus located 8 km northwest of Smarhon. It was a small 1950s airfield with an unpaved revetment complex hidden in the forest to northwest. The airfield is currently abandoned and increasingly overgrown.

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Located at 54.52 26.31 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Airports in Belarus, Military installations of Belarus, Soviet Air Force bases

Astravyets

Astravyets is a city in the Hrodna Province of Belarus, an administrative center of the Astravyets raion. On 11 October 2011 an agreement was signed to build Belarus’ first nuclear power plant near the city, using two VVER reactors with active and passive safety systems. The first unit is planned to be completed by 2017. In July 2012 a more detailed contract was agreed to build the two AES-2006 plants in for a cost of about $10 billion.

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Located at 54.61 25.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Cities in Belarus, Populated places in Grodno Region

Kreva

Kreva is a township in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus. The first mention dates to the 13th century. The toponym derived from the name of the Krivichs tribe.

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Located at 54.32 26.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Castles in Belarus, Ruins in Belarus

Kreva Castle

Kreva Castle is the ruins of a major fortified residence of Grand Dukes Gediminas and Algirdas in Kreva village, Belarus. Algirdas's brother Kęstutis was imprisoned and murdered in Kreva Castle in 1382. The Act of Krewo, the first step towards the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, was signed in the castle three years later. The castle was sacked by the Crimean Tatars in the early 16th century and stood unoccupied for a long time. By the 19th century, much of the walls had crumbled away.

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Located at 54.31 26.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Grodno Region, Castles in Belarus, Castles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Former castles, Ruins in Belarus