Sokol

Fortress Sokol was founded between the rivers Hischa and Drissa in 1566. It protected Polotzk from the raids of tntmies from the North. In 1579 Sokol was captured by the troops of Stephan Bathory and burned.

 View at the rampat of Sokol

 river Drissa

 river Drissa

 rampat of Sokol

 river Nischa

Tags: castles and fortresses, 16 century, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Routes of the Livonian War