Halshany

Halshany
Гальшаны (Belarusian)
Flag of Halshany
Official seal of Halshany
Halshany is located in Belarus
Halshany
Halshany
Coordinates: 54°15′N 26°01′E / 54.250°N 26.017°E / 54.250; 26.017
CountryBelarus
RegionGrodno Region
DistrictAshmyany District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Halshany (Belarusian: Гальшаны, romanizedHaĺšany; Russian: Гольшаны, romanizedGolshany; Lithuanian: Alšėnai, Galšia; Polish: Holszany; Yiddish: אלשאן, romanizedOlshan) is an agrotown in Ashmyany District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Halshany selsoviet.[1][2]

It is known as the former seat of the Olshansky princely family and the location of the ruined Halshany Castle.

  1. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 89. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
  2. ^ "Гольшанский сельсовет". Ошмянский районный исполнительный комитет (in Russian). 15 February 2017.