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Velizh
Sign in to saveVelizh () is a town and the administrative center of Velizhsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Western Dvina, from Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Velizhsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Velizh
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Велиж
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Vieliž (11).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- In central Velizh
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of arms of Velizh 1781.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Smolensk Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Velizhsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Velizhskoye
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Urban settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Velizhsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Velizhskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Velizhsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Velizhskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Velizhskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.area_km2
- 226.62
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Velizh () is a town and the administrative center of Velizhsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Western Dvina, from Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== thumb|left|upright=0.7|Seal of the Royal city in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Royal Town of Wieliż from the times of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] In the late 14th century, it used to be a border fortress of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Muscovy recaptured it in 1536. Lithuania recaptured it in 1562, then Muscovy again in 1563, then Polish forces led by Jan Zamoyski captured it in 1580, confirmed by the 1582 Truce of Yam-Zapolsky. In 1585, King Stephen Báthory of Poland established the coat of arms and granted privileges for the townspeople. In 1654 it was occupied by Russia, but in 1667 it was restored to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.