As for the surface of the described space, it should be noted that it represents a continuous plain, on which occasionally there are individual points, rising in general to no more than thousands of feet above the surface of the sea. These hills, representing a whole series of hills on elevated plains, constitute one general series of hills that span the whole of Belarus - in a south-eastern direction. In addition, the entire flat space that encloses Belarus is unequally raised above the surface of the sea. In general, Smolensk province. lies much higher than the neighboring Mogilevskaya. From Mogiled lips. The area gradually decreases towards the Pripyat, the valley of which, especially its upper part with its tributaries Pinoy and Yatsolda, represents a deep basin. Then this basin gradually rises and the western half of the Grodno lips. represents a relatively elevated plain.
The mountain range passing through B%loruss, which is sometimes called Alaunsky, appears in the northeastern part of the Smolensk lips. in view of the continuation of the Valdai Hills. So, leave this lip. Bolsky, partly Sychevsky and Porcheyuy belong to the most elevated parts of the lips. \).
1) Y. Solovyov “Agriculture. Smol statistics. lips." M. 1865, p. 8.
“Smolensk province. List of populated places as of 1859 (Pet. 1888) p. Sh. In general, materials for the present. The essay was provided by: Materials for theory and statistics. Russia, collected by officers of the general headquarters, according to the provinces: Minsk, Vitebsk, Vilna, Grodno, Smolensk. Experience of describing Mogilev lips. Dembovetskato. Agricultural statistics of Smolensk province. Solovyova. Proceedings of Minsky statistical. committee 1870 issue. 1. Memorial books on Minsk province. 1878, part P, for 1889 and 1890 Pamatn. ki. in Vitebsk province. for 60 toda. Geographical and statistical Semenov's dictionary. Eoutik seosgaisttu (UGatzgama, ed. ed. “\ULedgozhsa”). Picturesque Rosaya t. PSH. Description population has Smolensk lips. and some. etc.
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From here the density decreases significantly to the south, starting from Dorogobuzh, in the district of which Filatovo rises above the sea surface by 896.6 feet 3).
This ridge enters the Mogilev province as a narrow strip, in which it represents a series of hills. From Smolensk province. This ridge enters Mogilevskaya in Orsha district. between Nikulin and Rudnya. Then we further direct it to Cape Babinovichi, then it, covering the Vereteyskoe swamp, diverges in two directions: to Klishenki and Grishany. The area around the Vereteysky swamp seems to be the most elevated in the province: its absolute height above sea level reaches 800-900 feet; Babinovichi rises to 640 feet. 3).
Then this ridge passes along the Orsha bridle to Dubentsy, Kamenka and almost along the borders (Sennensky district, near the town of Smolyan, the village of Kozya-Gorki, beyond which it is lost in vast swamps and forests.
At the borders of the Mogilev province. from Minsk, on gr. Sennensky u$zzd, the hill becomes noticeable, turn along the borders of Minsk lips. to the north and, passing in this direction to Kolodinets, turn into Minsk province. on mst. Kholopenichi "). In the Minsk province, near Kholopenich, the mountain ridge goes along the borders of the Minsk province with Mogilev, in which near Grigorovich rises to 925 feet, then from Volosovich in the Vitebsk province it goes to the lakes: Manets, Pello and Bereshta, the terrain of which rises above sea level up to 1000 feet. Along the borders of Vitebsk and Minsk province, where the ridge decreases somewhat, reaching the height of 755 F. near the Pyshnogorye province, - goes to the borders of the Vilna province, within which - in Vovalyakh at 753 F., in Vargany at 771 F. the hill rises to the south at Dokshitsy. reaching a significant height of 947 feet at Domashkovich Minsk province.
2) “Smolensk province. List of populated places” (Pet. 1868), pp. Shch.
3) Dembovetsky. Experience of describing the Mogilev lips. t. [., 181—2 pp.
*) Same there.
5) Materials for Geogr. and Stat. Russia. Minsk province Zelensky. pp. 110—111—112-
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