Roslavl in pre-revolutionary photgraphs

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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2015 · Travel & Events

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Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях
Рославль
1900-x

Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs
Roslavl
1900s

Roslavl is an ancient town in Smolsensk Province, Russia.
The town was founded in 1137 by the Smolensk prince Rostislav Mstislavitch, hence the name.
Roslavl was chartered under Lithuanian rule in 1408. Under Polish rule Roslavl was part of the Smolensk Voivodeship. In the 1667 truce of Andrusovo the town was ceded from Poland to the Russian Empire……

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