| Kozyany 
        Administrative region; Vitebsk Latitude: 55º18' Longitude: 26º52' Also known as Kozian
 100.6 miles NNW of Minsk near the border of Lithuania and belarus on the 
        Belarus side of the border.Before the first World War part of the Russian 
        Empire, 1921- 1939 part of Poland,
 1939- 1941 part of the Soviet Union, 1944 - 1990s part of the Soviet Union.
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