Vydreya

Vydreya lies in the wooded country south-east of Vitebsk, west of Liozno. The name is shared by a small settlement and nearby villages around the Vydreyka stream. Mixed woods of pine, birch, alder and aspen surround the locality, part of the countryside between the Western Dvina and the upper Dnieper. Its modest settlements sit within the old Vitebsk lands, whose history was long tied to the principality and voivodeship centred on the river city.