Country Belarus Raion Shumilina Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 2,395 (2016) | Voblast Vitebsk Elevation 150 m (490 ft) Postal code 222379 Local time Wednesday 8:13 AM | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 97% Humidity | ||
Obol (Russian: Оболь, Belarusian: Обаль, also romanized as Obal or Obaĺ) is a Belarusian town of Shumilina Raion, in Vitebsk Region. In 2016, it had a population of 2,395.
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Map of Obal, Belarus
History
Obol was knwon since the 16th century as a village of the Połock Voivodeship, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. in 1772, following the Partitions of Poland, it became part of the Russian Empire.
In 1866, the construction of the Riga-Oryol railway contributed to its growth. The village was occupied from August 1941 to June 26, 1944 by the Nazi German troops, during World War II. In 1968 it was elevated from the status of village to the one of urban-type settlement.
Geography
Located in the middle of its Voblast, Obol lies between Vitebsk (64 km southeast) and Polatsk (36 km northwest), and is crossed by the homonym river. It is 21 km from Shumilino, 45 from Navapolatsk and 228 from Minsk. The town is served by the P20 highway and by the Smolensk-Vitebsk-Daugavpils-Riga railway.