Novogrudok

Novogrudok
Навагрудак (Belarusian)
Новогрудок (Russian)
Navahrudak
Central square
Transfiguration Church
Church of St Michael the Archangel
Church of Boris and Gleb
House-Museum of Adam Mickiewicz
Castle
Flag of Novogrudok
Coat of arms of Novogrudok
Novogrudok is located in Belarus
Novogrudok
Novogrudok
Navahrudak within Grodno Region
Coordinates: 53°35′N 25°49′E / 53.583°N 25.817°E / 53.583; 25.817
CountryBelarus
RegionGrodno Region
DistrictNovogrudok District
Founded970–990
First mentioned1044
Town rights since1444
Government
 • Chairman of the district Executive CommitteeFedchenko Sergey[1]
Area
 • Total13.17 km2 (5.08 sq mi)
Elevation
292 m (958 ft)
Population
 (2024)[2]
 • Total27,936
 • Density2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
231241, 231243, 231244, 231246, 231400
Area code+375 1597
License plate4
WebsiteOfficial website

Novogrudok or Navahrudak (Belarusian: Навагрудак; Russian: Новогрудок; Polish: Nowogródek, Lithuanian: Naugardukas; Yiddish: נאַוואַראַדאָק, romanizedNavaradok) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Novogrudok District. As of 2024, it has a population of 27,936.[2]

In the Middle Ages, the city was ruled by King Mindaugas' son Vaišvilkas.[3]

During and after Mindaugas' rule, Novogrudok was part of the Kingdom of Lithuania, and later the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was later part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the 14th century, it was an episcopal see of the Metropolitanate of Lithuania.

From 1795 to 1915, the Russian Empire ruled over the lands, with brief periods of intercession, e.g. Napoleon's Grande Armée in 1812 and the Uprisings of 1831 and 1863. After 1915, Novogrudok was occupied by the Imperial German Army for three years in World War I, by the Second Polish Republic until the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. Thereafter, the Soviet Union annexed the area to the Byelorussian SSR. From 1941 to 1944, Novogrudok was occupied by the German Army, thereafter returning to the Soviet Union until 1991.

  1. ^ "Структура райисполкома / Райисполком / Власть /". Новогрудский райисполком (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Vaišelga". Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 7 July 2021.