Lake Osveya
lake in Belarus
Lake Osveya or Lake Osveyskoye (Russian: озеро Осве́я, Осве́йское озеро, romanized: ozero Osveya, Osveyskoye ozero), also known as Lake Asvyeya (Belarusian: Асвейскае возера, romanized: Asviejskaje voziera), is a large freshwater lake in the Vitebsk Region, in northern Belarus, near the borders with Latvia and Russia. It has an area of 52.8 km2 (20 sq mi), making it the second largest lake in the country. The most extreme northern point in Belarus is situated only a few minutes further north of the lake.
The lake's sole island, Du, is the largest island in Belarus. Inhabited by a village and a kolkhoz until the 1970s, it is now a part of the Asviejski Landscape Reserve.
The public source identifies “Lake Osveya” as lake in Belarus. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lake, Osveya and lake.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2382013. VIAF identifies the subject as 123310986. The Library of Congress control number is n94108678. Authority coordinates are 56.053, 28.152. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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