Vyerkhnyadzvinsk

Drissa is first mentioned in a chronicle of the year 1386.Maciej Stryjkowski. Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia and all of Ruthenia (1582). During the medieval period it formed part of the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. From 1801 it was the center of the Drissa uyezd of the Vitebsk Governorate, and during the War of 1812 it was the site of a fortified camp described by Leo Tolstoy in Book Three of War and Peace.

It became a raion center in 1924. During the Second World War, it was occupied by Germany and most of the local population was massacred.{{Cite web|url=http://yahadmap.org/#village/verkhnedvinsk-vitebsk-belarus.480|title = Yahad - in Unum}}

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| location = Vyerkhnyadzvinsk (1991–2020)

| Jan record high C = 4.2

| Feb record high C = 4.7

| Mar record high C = 11.2

| Apr record high C = 21.8

| May record high C = 26.0

| Jun record high C = 28.1

| Jul record high C = 29.9

| Aug record high C = 29.1

| Sep record high C = 24.4

| Oct record high C = 17.4

| Nov record high C = 10.2

| Dec record high C = 5.6

| year record high C = 29.9

| Jan high C = -2.1

| Feb high C = -1.5

| Mar high C = 3.8

| Apr high C = 12.0

| May high C = 18.2

| Jun high C = 21.5

| Jul high C = 23.6

| Aug high C = 22.4

| Sep high C = 16.9

| Oct high C = 9.7

| Nov high C = 3.2

| Dec high C = -0.6

| year high C = 10.6

| Jan mean C = -4.5

| Feb mean C = -4.5

| Mar mean C = -0.1

| Apr mean C = 6.8

| May mean C = 12.5

| Jun mean C = 16.1

| Jul mean C = 18.3

| Aug mean C = 17.0

| Sep mean C = 12.0

| Oct mean C = 6.2

| Nov mean C = 1.1

| Dec mean C = -2.6

| year mean C = 6.5

| Jan low C = -7.1

| Feb low C = -7.4

| Mar low C = -3.7

| Apr low C = 2.0

| May low C = 7.0

| Jun low C = 10.9

| Jul low C = 13.1

| Aug low C = 12.0

| Sep low C = 7.8

| Oct low C = 3.2

| Nov low C = -1.0

| Dec low C = -4.8

| year low C = 2.7

| Jan record low C = -21.5

| Feb record low C = -20.1

| Mar record low C = -13.0

| Apr record low C = -4.5

| May record low C = -0.2

| Jun record low C = 4.8

| Jul record low C = 8.1

| Aug record low C = 6.0

| Sep record low C = 0.9

| Oct record low C = -4.8

| Nov record low C = -10.0

| Dec record low C = -14.7

| year record low C = -21.5

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 43.5

| Feb precipitation mm = 40.1

| Mar precipitation mm = 35.7

| Apr precipitation mm = 36.6

| May precipitation mm = 60.8

| Jun precipitation mm = 84.5

| Jul precipitation mm = 78.8

| Aug precipitation mm = 68.5

| Sep precipitation mm = 59.1

| Oct precipitation mm = 57.7

| Nov precipitation mm = 50.3

| Dec precipitation mm = 45.0

| year precipitation mm = 660.6

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 11.2

| Feb precipitation days = 10.0

| Mar precipitation days = 8.7

| Apr precipitation days = 7.4

| May precipitation days = 9.4

| Jun precipitation days = 10.6

| Jul precipitation days = 10.3

| Aug precipitation days = 9.1

| Sep precipitation days = 8.4

| Oct precipitation days = 10.2

| Nov precipitation days = 10.2

| Dec precipitation days = 10.5

| year precipitation days = 116.0

| Jan sun = 33.2

| Feb sun = 62.5

| Mar sun = 139.8

| Apr sun = 194.0

| May sun = 276.6

| Jun sun = 285.4

| Jul sun = 288.9

| Aug sun = 255.3

| Sep sun = 161.8

| Oct sun = 86.3

| Nov sun = 29.8

| Dec sun = 23.2

| year sun = 1836.8

| source = NOAA{{cite web

|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Belarus/CSV/VERHNEDVINSK_26554.csv

|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Vyerkhnyadzvinsk

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|access-date = January 13, 2024}}

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{{commons category|Vierchniadzvinsk|Vyerkhnyadzvinsk}}

• {{Official website|verkhnedvinsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by}}
• {{JewishGen-LocalityPage|1951218|Vyerkhnyadzvinsk, Belarus}}

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