History

At that time, the town of Glubokoye was divided into two parts: the southwestern part belonged to the Zenoviches and was part of the Oshmyany district of the Vilnius Voivodeship, and the northeastern part belonged to the Korsaks and was part of the Disna district of the Polotsk Voivodeship. The center of the southwestern part was a courtyard and a market square with shops, which later ensured the growth of the young settlement – a stratum of artisans and townspeople began to form around them. The northeastern part of Glubokoye also had a market square in the center, from which roads led to Disna, Polotsk, and the town of Berezvechye.

At the end of the 16th century, a Calvinist congregation, a library, and a school were founded in Glubokoye by Kristof Zenovich. In the middle of the 17th century, the Church of the Holy Trinity was built (it burned down in 1880).

From 1628, the Church of the Holy Trinity began to operate. In 1639, the Mstislavl Voivode and Disna Starosta Iosif Korsak founded a church and a monastery of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites in the town.

During the war between the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1654–1667, Glubokoye was occupied by Muscovite troops. They built a small wooden fortress here – an "ostrog," which housed a garrison. On November 6, 1661, a major battle took place near Glubokoye: the Grand Duchy of Lithuania troops led by Charnecki defeated the Russian army under the command of Khovansky (more than 18,000 men).

The town was severely damaged by fires in 1661 and 1700. In 1668, the southwestern part of Glubokoye came into the possession of the Radziwiłł family. According to the 1702 inventory, the Radziwiłł estate complex in Glubokoye included a main 1-story wooden building, a wing, a bakery, warehouses, stables, sheds, a pond, a water mill, and other outbuildings. The estate had 263 households.

In the 18th century, the town had 2 market squares with shops, and was dominated by wooden 1-story residential buildings. A synagogue was built in 1742, and the Chapel of Elijah on the cemetery in 1805.

After the second partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1793), Glubokoye became part of the Russian Empire.

During the War of 1812 (from July to December), Glubokoye was occupied by French troops. Napoleon stayed here for 6 days from July 18. A transit point and large food warehouses were established.

During the uprising of 1830–1831, battles between insurgents and government troops took place near Glubokoye.

From 1842, the northeastern part of the town was state-owned, while the southwestern part remained privately owned; Glubokoye was the center of the Glubokoye volost, had 212 households with a population of 2161 inhabitants (1861). In 1886, Glubokoye had a brewery, a distillery, and a brick factory; there were several warehouses with goods and private shops; markets were held on Sundays, and 2 fairs annually. According to the 1897 census, the town had a population of 5564 inhabitants. In 1897, a railway was built to Glubokoye, and the Berezwetsch railway station was opened.

In November 1917, the first Soviets were organized in the town. From February to December 1918, Glubokoye was occupied by German troops, and in August 1919 – July 1920, it was occupied by Polish troops. On July 5, 1920, battles between Soviet and Polish armies took place in the vicinity of the town, in which many soldiers died.

From 1921 to 1939, Glubokoye was part of Poland and became the center of the Dzisna poviat of the Wilno Voivodeship, which by 1939 had a population of 9.7 thousand inhabitants, a candy factory, a mill, a district administration, a Polish gymnasium, private shops, and warehouses.

From the autumn of 1939, Glubochchyna became part of the BSSR. On January 15, 1940, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR, the Gluboksky District (center - the town of Glubokoye) was established as an administrative part of the Vileyka Region. It included the town of Glubokoye, the Glubokskaya and part of the Zalesskaya volosts of the Disna Uyezd. The area of the district was 592 sq. km. with a population of 35,099 people (in Glubokoye - 9,650).

On July 2, 1941, Glubokoye was occupied by German fascist invaders and transformed into the center of the Reichskommissariat "Ostland" district. The district administration, a German garrison, and army depots were located here. The occupiers created a Jewish ghetto in Glubokoye, which was destroyed in 1943. In the Berezvechye area, a prisoner-of-war camp was located; its victims included over 27,000 Soviet and Italian prisoners of war. A resistance group operated in the town, and partisan detachments were active in the district. On July 3, 1944, Soviet troops liberated the town of Glubokoye.

According to the new administrative division (from September 20, 1944), the territory of the Gluboksky District became part of the Polotsk Region.

In January 1954, an administrative-territorial reform was carried out, according to which the Gluboksky and Plissky districts became part of the Molodechno Region. From January 20, 1960, the district has been part of the Vitebsk Region. In December 1962, the area of the Gluboksky District increased due to the territory of the liquidated Plissky District.

As early as August 1944, the meat processing plant resumed operation in Glubokoye. In 1948, the cannery was commissioned. In early 1972, the Glubokoye condensed milk plant began supplying products – condensed milk with sugar – to Soviet stores. In late 1974, the mixed feed plant was commissioned. In the same year, the Glubokoye bakery began operations.

For their dedicated labor and achievements in the development of agriculture in the district, 8 rural workers were awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.

The city has retained its layout with free intra-quarter street placement, which was established in the 17th–18th centuries. Buildings from the 18th–19th centuries have been preserved: larger architectural objects include the Carmelite church and monastery (now the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary), the Holy Trinity Church, the St. Elijah Chapel, and the memorial column in honor of the Constitution of May 3, 1791, the building of the Berezvech Basilian Monastery, as well as fragments of residential buildings from the 19th – early 20th centuries.