What is "verkhnyadzvinsk"

Verkhnyadzvinsk or Verkhnedvinsk is a city in Belarus in the northwest of Vitebsk Region; it is the administrative center of the Verkhnyadzvinsk Raion. Until 1962, it was named Drysa (, Drissa). It is located at the confluence of the Drysa River and the Daugava River.

Its population in 2009 was 7,600.