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Welcome to miesta.by



The word "MIESTA" is an old belarusian synonym for the word "city" and citizens called themselves "miescičy"

Stories of Miesta Polatsk

About the history of Polatsk

Polatsk is the Belarusian towns' father. If a Belarusian imagined that Polatsk had never existed on Earth, he would most likely feel empty and rootless

Polatsk places in literature

Polatsk history is described in books by different authors

Polatsk places' photos

There are a lot of magnificent views to take photos

People's stories about Polatsk

It's interesting to discover short unknown stories about usual places

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For Polatsk guests and citizens

Along with being a place with information from historical books, miesta.by is supposed to provide creative people of whatever age the possibility to publish their photo-stories or text-stories

Old Polatsk stories

You'll find information about Polatsk places in different periods of history based on historical literature

Modern Polatsk stories

A lot of places go on living with people aware of those places' present

(Work in progress)

Attractive events announcements

A lot of cultural events are held in Polatsk, but they often lack announcement

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You may contribute here

miesta.by makes its first steps, so not everything has been implemented yet what it's supposed to provide. This site needs some resources and cooperation, so your ideas or proposals are welcome. Please, send your materials if you like the idea of this site. People's creativity is what it is going to show

Stories about your places

We are collecting creative stories for the separate section on the places' pages. These are your own stories or your research about town's places

Photos of your places

Each place page is supposed to have a photo-gallery and you can publish your works on this site. There is also an idea for each photographer to have his/her own portfolio here

Proposals for this site

One more form of your contribution to this site can be your feedback. Feedback is a pulse for developers to keep working, and a means to improve the site useability

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