Svir ( be, Сьвір; russian: Свирь; lt, Svieriai; pl, Świr) is an List of urban-type settlements in Belarus, urban-type settlement in Minsk Region, Belarus.
[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.] In 2021, it had a population of approximately 1,000 residents.
History
It is believed to have been founded in the 13th century by Lithuanian Duke Daumantas of Lithuania, Daumantas and was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.
The mound in the town has remains of fortifications from the 14th-16th centuries.
In the 18th-19th centuries, the Lithuanians in Svir and its vicinities were Slavicisation, Slavicized.
Gallery
Śvir, Rynak, Śviatoha Mikałaja. Сьвір, Рынак, Сьвятога Мікалая (1900).jpg, Market square in 1900
Śvir, Rynak. Сьвір, Рынак (1931).jpg, Town celebration in 1931
Śvir. Сьвір (04.1916).jpg, Town during World War I
Śvir. Сьвір (06-08.1941).jpg, One of the Svir's streets in 1941
References
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Populated places in Minsk Region
Towns in Belarus
Myadzyel District
Vilnius Voivodeship
Sventsyansky Uyezd
Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)