well, what can i tell you about upper dvinsk, for 5 centuries this city was a drisa, but in the sixtiesentury the name... seemed dissonant to someone and the city was renamed, but it’s up to you to decide whether it’s good or bad. the name of the city was given geographically inaccurately, because it is located in the middle of the western dvina, and not in its upper reaches. but this didn’t bother anyone, just as it didn’t bother anyone that the drisa river, which flows into the dvina here, remained drisa. these intricacies of history did not in any way affect the daily life of the city. just like any small place. everything complex and confusing is alien to verkhnedvinsk. you are unlikely to get lost in verkhnedvinsk. the main street is naturally soviet. by the way, an interesting fact: it runs absolutely parallel to the river. it also contains all the main city attractions, mostly well-preserved pre-revolutionary buildings. low-rise, no when trading and of course mostly jewish. catholic and orthodox, both mid-19th century, nice embankment with a wonderful viewing platform. i can alre