Padsvillye | |
Native Name: | |
Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
Flag Size: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Vitebsk Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hlybokaye District |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,965 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 55.1472°N 27.9772°W |
Padsvillye (Belarusian: Падсвілле|Padsvillie; Russian: Подсвилье|Podsvilye) is an urban-type settlement in Hlybokaye District, Vitebsk Region, in northern Belarus.[2] As of 2023, it has a population of 1,965.[1]
Podświle, as it was known in Polish, was part of Poland in the interwar period. According to the 1921 census, the population was 44.4% Belarusian, 43.2% Polish, and 12.3% Jewish.[3]
During World War II, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards, which eventually annexed it from Poland in 1945.