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Semkovo Destination Guide

Discover Semkovo in Belarus

Semkovo in the region of Minskaya Voblastsʼ is a town located in Belarus - some 18 mi or ( 30 km ) North of Minsk , the country's capital .

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Local time in Semkovo is now 01:54 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Minsk " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Riga, Daugavpils, Pskov, Vilnius, and Zhodzina. When in this area, you might want to check out Riga . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Semkovo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Logoisk crater

Logoisk crater is a meteorite impact crater in Belarus near the city of Lahojsk. It is 15 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 42.3 ± 1.1 million years. The crater is not exposed at the surface.

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Located at 54.20 27.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Eocene impact craters, Impact craters of Belarus

Lahoysk

Lahoysk is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus and the administrative center of the Lahoysk Raion. First chronicled in 1078, Lahoysk was the center of a small 12th-century principality, later absorbed into the Principality of Polotsk. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was a seat of the Tyszkiewicz noble family. The modern city has a ski resort named Silichy. \t\t \t\t\tBelarus-Lahoisk-Region Executive Committee. jpg \t\t\t Lahoysk Raion executive committee. \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tLahoisk2.

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Located at 54.20 27.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Cities in Belarus, Populated places in Minsk Region

Kurapaty

Kurapaty is a wooded area on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, in which a vast number of people were executed between 1937 and 1941 by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD. The exact count of victims is uncertain, NKVD archives are classified in Belarus.

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Located at 53.97 27.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: 1937 in the Soviet Union, 1939 in the Soviet Union, 1941 in the Soviet Union, Forests of Belarus, Geography of Minsk, History of Minsk, Mass graves, Massacres in Belarus, Massacres in the Soviet Union, NKVD, Parks in Minsk, Political repression in the Soviet Union, Politics of Belarus

Kolodischi TV Mast

The Kolodischi TV Mast is a 350-metre tall guyed TV mast situated at Kolodischi, east of Minsk in Belarus. It is among the tallest towers in Belarus.

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Located at 53.96 27.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Communications in Belarus, Radio masts, Towers completed in 1970, Towers in Belarus