The article presents a description and history of the city of Polotsk, including both the origin of the place and the successive takeovers of Polotsk until Stefan Batory, which was then to return to Polish rule until 1772, when it came under Russian rule. (Source: Tygodnik Illustrowany, Warsaw 1862, T:6, p. 135., after: Digital Library of the University of Lodz)