Lukoml is a village in Lukoml selsoviet

Selsoviet

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, Chashniki district

District

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, Vitsebsk Voblast

Vitsebsk Voblast

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, Belarus

Belarus

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, by the Lukoml Lake.

History

Early references to Lukoml in Russian chronicles are dated by 1078, when in was burned by Vladimir Monomakh. In 15-16th centuries it constituted a separate principality

Principality

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. In 1563 it was burned by Russians. In late Russian Empire

Russian Empire

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 it was a shtetl

Shtetl

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of about 1,000 inhabitants with one Orthodox church, one Catholic church, two synagogue

Synagogue

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s, one school and 8 shops. There are remnants of ancient fortification

Fortification

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s by the village.