Polotskoye, Chelyabinsk Oblast Explained

En Name:Polotskoye
Ru Name:Полоцкое
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1842

Polotskoye (Russian: Полоцкое) is a rural locality (a village) in Kizilsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the Asian part of Russia. It has a population of

History

The settlement was founded in 1842–1843, and named after the city of Polotsk, to commemorate the 1812 Battle of Polotsk.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Топонимы (буква П). 9 January 2024. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20130804004436/http://toposural.ru/p.html. 4 August 2013.