Borisov

Borisov
/beuh ree"seuhf, -seuhv/; Russ. /bu rddyee"seuhf/, n.
a city in N central Byelorussia, NE of Minsk. 112,000.

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      city, Minsk oblast (province), Belarus, on the Berezina River at its confluence with the Skha. Founded in the 12th century, Borisov has been at various times under Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian rule. Napoleon's disastrous retreat across the Berezina River in 1812 took place north of the city. An important communications centre at which the Moscow–Warsaw railway and highway cross the navigable Berezina, it is also a major timberworking city and produces plastics, electrical automobile equipment, cranes, and glassware. Pop. (1991 est.) 150,200.

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