Latitude: 55º07' Longitude: 26º50'
Also known as PASTAVY, and POSTAWY
89.0 miles NNW of Minsk
Pastavy is the centre of the Pastavy district, Viciebsk region (Belarus), 250 km West of Viciebsk, a station on the railway line Viciebsk-Vilnius (Vilnia) in Lithuania.
Population: 23,900 (1995)
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.