pátek 11. července 2014

Belarus - Novogrodek

Coat of arms of Navahrudak
Navahrudak (BelarusianНавагрудак[navaɣrudak]LithuanianNaugardukasPolishNowogródek) is a city in the Grodno Region of Belarus. Possible First capital of Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Trakai is also noted as a possibility.
First mentioned in the Sophian First Chronicle and Fourth Novgorod Chronicle in 1044 in relation to a war of Yaroslav I the Wise against Lithuanian tribes. It was also mentioned in the Hypatian Codex under 1252 as Novogorodok (i.e. "new little town") the town was a major settlement in the remote western lands of the Krivichs that came under the control of the Kievan Rus at the end of the 10th century. Later hypothesis is disputed, as there are earliest archaeologicalfindings from 11th century only.
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