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Astravyets Destination Guide

Discover Astravyets in Belarus

Astravyets in the region of Hrodzyenskaya Voblastsʼ with its 8,300 habitants is a town located in Belarus - some 82 mi or ( 131 km ) North-West of Minsk , the country's capital .

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Local time in Astravyets is now 11:19 AM (Friday) . 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 Utena. When in this area, you might want to check out Riga . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Astravyets ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

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 0 km away
Tags: Cities in Belarus, Populated places in Grodno Region

Muravanaya Ashmyanka

Muravanaya Ashmyanka is the village in the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus, located 11 km NW from Ashmyany and 28 km from railway station Ashmyany. In 1999, there were 338 villagers and 134 dwellings. The village is the administrative center of the local rural council and collective farm, has a hospital and a high school.

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Located at 54.46 25.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Villages in Belarus

Ashmyany

Ashmyany is a town in Hrodna voblast, Belarus, capital of the Ašmiany raion located 25 km from Vilnius. It lies in the basin of the Oshmianka River. It is also known as "Aschemynne" in the Chronicles of the Teutonic Knights. It was the birthplace of Lucjan Żeligowski, who was a Polish general.

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Located at 54.42 25.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Populated places established in the 14th century, Populated places in Grodno Region, Shtetls, Towns in Belarus

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