Belaya Vezha

Belaya Vezha

Belaya Vezha ("White Tower" in Russian and Belarusian) may refer to:

*Belaya Vezha, Russia– the Khazar fortress of Sarkel ("White Tower") on the Don River, Russia
*Belaya Vezha, Belarus – the Tower of Kamyanyets (Kamianiec) in Brest Voblast, erroneously called "White Tower"
*Belavezhskaya Pushcha – a national park in Brest Voblast, Belarus
*Belavezha Accords ( _ru. Беловежские соглашения) on the dissolution of the USSR and the creation of CIS, signed in Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park (December 1991)


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