Svir, Belarus

Svir
Сьвір (Belarusian)
Svieriai
Urban-type settlement
Svir is located in Belarus
Svir
Svir
Location within Belarus
Coordinates: 54°49′N 26°24′E / 54.817°N 26.400°E / 54.817; 26.400
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictMyadzyel District
Founded13th century
Elevation
153 m (502 ft)
Population
 (2026)[1]
 • Total
896
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
222387

Svir[a] is an urban-type settlement in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[1][2][3][4] As of 2026, it has a population of 896.[1]

History

It is believed to have been founded in the 13th century by the Lithuanian duke Daumantas and was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.[2]

The mound in the town has remains of fortifications from the 14th to 16th centuries.[2]

In the 18th to 19th centuries, the Lithuanians in Svir and its vicinities were Slavicized.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Belarusian: Сьвір; Russian: Свирь; Lithuanian: Svieriai; Polish: Świr.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Численность населения на 1 января 2026 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2025 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 8 May 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vidugiris, Aloyzas. "Svieriai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warsaw. 1890. p. 713. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць: нарматыўны даведнік / І. А. Гапоненка, І. Л. Капылоў, В. П. Лемцюгова і інш.; пад рэд. В. П. Лемцюговай. — Мн.: Тэхналогія, 2003. — 604 с. ISBN 985-458-054-7. (djvu) С. 327.
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