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Šarkaŭščyna
Sharkawshchyna or Sharkovshchina is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, in northern Belarus. It is located north of the capital Minsk, and serves as the administrative center of Sharkawshchyna District. As of 2025, it has a population of 5,945.
Key facts
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- Sharkawshchyna
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- Urban-type settlement
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- Sharkawshchyna Orthodox church, founded in 1639, rebuilt in 1912.
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- 160px
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- 80px
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- Sharkawshchyna
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- Belarus
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- Location in Belarus
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Article
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- History
- World War II
- Population
- Climate
- Notes
- References
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Sharkawshchyna or Sharkovshchina is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, in northern Belarus. It is located north of the capital Minsk, and serves as the administrative center of Sharkawshchyna District. As of 2025, it has a population of 5,945.
==History== thumb|left|Szarkowszczyzna in the interbellum Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Sharkawshchyna was part of Vilnius Voivodeship. In 1793, the town was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1921 until 1939, Szarkowszczyzna, as it was known in Polish, was part of the Second Polish Republic, administratively located in the Wilno Voivodeship.