Zaskarki
Village in Vitebsk Region, Belarus
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Zaskarki (Belarusian: Заскаркі, romanized: Zaskarki; Russian: Заскорки, romanized: Zaskorki) is a village in Polatsk District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus.[2] As of 2009 the population was 135.
Zaskarki
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  Zaskarki Location in Belarus | |
| Coordinates: 55°23′N 28°39′E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk Region |
| District | Polatsk District |
| Area | |
• Total | 53.64 km2 (20.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 135[1] |
| • Density | 2.52/km2 (6.52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
The Ushacha River flows through the town.
History
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A church was built in the town in 1792. It would be destroyed during World War II.[3]
A land auction was held in Zaskarki in 1863.[4]
World War 2
During Operation Barbarossa, the town was declared the capital of the Republic of Old Believers, a self-proclaimed "autonomous republic" under Nazi Germany led by a village elder, Mikhail Yevseyevich Zuyev.