Dubrovna

Dubrowna or Dubrovno is a small city at the Dnieper River. The toponym originates from a Proto-Slavic time period for an okayforest, which might also give an explanation for the inclusion of o.K.Leaves and acorns in the town's coat of hands. Dubroŭna is the administrative centre of the Dubrouna Raion of the Vitebsk Voblast in northern Belarus. In the nineteenth century Dubrouna changed into a centre for weaving. The city had a extensive Jewish community that in 1898 fashioned greater than half of its population.

During World War II Dubrovno changed into heavily affected. It become occupied by German forces July 17–20, 1941, and the town's Jews were killed. It was the scene of huge partisan pastime. From October 1943 to June 1944 it turned into at or near the the front line, and was now not sooner or later reoccupied with the aid of Soviet forces until June 26, 1944. Dubrouna hosts an annual folks track and dance festival, "Dnepr voices in Dubrovno".