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Slutsk
Slutsk is a town in Minsk Region, in central Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Slutsk District, and is located on the Sluch (Belarus), Sluch River south of the capital Minsk. As of 2025, it has a population of 59,450. Geography The city is situated in the south-west of Minsk Region, north of Salihorsk. Climate History Slutsk was first mentioned in writing in 1116. It was initially part of the Principality of Turov and Pinsk but in 1160 became the capital of Principality of Slutsk, a separate principality. From 1320–1330, it was part of the domain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Casimir IV Jagiellon vested it with Magdeburg rights, Magdeburg town rights in 1441. It was a private town, owned by the Olelkovich and Radziwiłł families, which transformed it into a center of the Polish Reformed Church with a Gymnasium (school), gymnasium and a strong fortress. The first Jewish residents arrived by the late 16th century, expanding in population over the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Slutsk
The Principality of Slutsk () was originally a specific Turov Principality of land in the 12th through 14th centuries. It stood out in 1160 and took shape in the 1190s. It became a large feudal principality in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. History The first mention of Slutsk (Sluchesk) is found in the '' Tale of Bygone Years'' circa 1116: Minsk Prince Gleb Vseslavich entered into the territory of Vladimir Monomakh and fought Dregoviches Sluchesk Pozega. Although the principality is mentioned in archival documents as early as 1086 and the Bishop of NS Sestrentsovich mentioned it in 1096. News of Slutsk allegedly appears in the Slutskaya hymnals of the 11th century. But the original documents are not available. The most reliable available source is the chronicle ''Tale of Bygone Years''. Occupied the territory of the Neman and Lani to Bird and Pripyat, the city included Slutsk, Kapyl Petric, Timkovichi, Urechye, Luban, Old Road, Umgovichi, Tal, Tundra and others. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Słucki Zbor
Slutsky is a Belarusian, Russian, and Ashkenazi Jewish surname that derived from Slutsk in Belarus. The Jewish family name 'Slutsky' is an Ashkenazized form of (; ; ) It is shared by the following people: * Abram Slutsky (1898–1938), Jewish Ukrainian Soviet head of the foreign intelligence service (GUGB) * Allan Slutsky, known as "Dr. Licks" (born 1953, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), a Jewish American arranger *Boris Slutsky (1919, Slovyansk, Ukraine - 1986), Jewish Ukrainian-Soviet poet * Erik Slutsky (born 1953), Jewish Canadian contemporary, figurative painter * Eugen Slutsky (also ''Yevgeny Evgenievich Slutsky'', 1880–1948), Ukrainian-Russian/Soviet mathematical statistician, economist and political economist ** Slutsky equation ** Slutsky's theorem *Irina Slutsky, American internet video personality * Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater * Leonid Slutsky (football manager) (born 1971), Russian association football manager *Leonid Slutsky (politician) Leonid Eduardovic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olelkovich
The House of Olelkovich was a princely family from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th and 16th centuries. Their main possession was the Duchy of Slutsk– Kapyl. They are sometimes known as Slutskys. They were descended from the Lithuanian Gediminids (male line) and Ruthenian Rurikids (female line). According to the 1528 military census, the family was the fourth wealthiest magnate family in the Grand Duchy. However, its influence declined after the Union of Lublin (1569). The last member of the family was Zofia Olelkowicz (1585–1612), wife of Janusz Radziwiłł. She was elevated to sainthood in the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1983. As part of her marriage negotiations, she insisted on remaining a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church, despite her future husband's allegiance to Calvinism. She died in childbirth, as did the child. After her death, her considerable wealth and the Principality of Slutsk passed to the Radziwiłł family. Family history Olelko (Alexander) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slutsk Belt
Kontush sash ("kontusz belt"; , ) was a cloth sash used for girding a kontusz (a robe-like garment). It was one of the most distinctive items of male dress of Polish and Lithuanian nobility (''szlachta'') and is a key component of the . In an earlier period, sometimes narrower sashes of fine cloth or silk net were worn, but the wide kontusz sash is specific to the later period. A variant known in Belarus lands is . Origins Like the rest of the Polish national dress, the kontusz sash was of eastern origin. It comprised a 3- to 4.5-meter-long strip of fabric covered with varied designs, around 40 cm wide. Luxurious sashes were made with silk and gold. Depending on the sash's width, it might be folded a number of ways so as to reveal various designs on various occasions; the most ornate sashes were considered to have four sides. Initially such sashes were imported from Persia and Turkey. In the 17th century several sash manufactories were founded at places all over '' Rzeczpos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Belarus
This is a list of cities and towns in Belarus. Neither the Belarusian nor the Russian language makes a distinction between "city" and "town" as English does; the word ''horad'' ( ) or ''gorod'' ( ) is used for both. Overview Belarusian legislation uses a three-level hierarchy of town classifications. According to the Law under May 5, 1998, the categories of the most developed urban localities in Belarus are as follows: * ''capital'' — Minsk; * ''city of regional subordinance'' (; ) — urban locality with a population of not less than 50,000 people; it has its own body of self-government, known as ''Council of Deputies'' (; ) and an executive committee (; ), which stand on the level with these of a ''raion'' (). * ''city of district subordinance'' (; ) — urban locality with a population of more than 6,000 people; it may have its own body of self-government (; ) and an executive committee (; ), which belong to the same level as these of rural councils and of s.c. ''haradski p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Turov And Pinsk
The Principality of Turov, later called the Principality of Turov and Pinsk (; ; ), also known as Turovian Rus', was a medieval principality of Kievan Rus' from the 10th century on the territory of modern-day Belarus and northern Ukraine. The Prince of Turov, princes of Turov often served as grand princes early in 10th and 11th centuries. Its capital was Turov, Belarus, Turov (Turaŭ), and other important cities included Pinsk, Mazyr, Slutsk, Lutsk, Brest, Belarus, Brest, and Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Volodymyr. Until the 12th century, the principality was very closely associated with the principalities of Principality of Kiev, Kiev and Principality of Volhynia, Volhynia. Later for a short period time until the Mongol invasion it enjoyed a wide degree of autonomy when it was annexed to the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. In the 14th century, it became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. History The Principality of Turov originated mainly from the Dregovichs, Dregovich tribe and partia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Belarus
A district or raion (, , ''rayony''; , , ''rajony'')According to thInstruction on Latin Transliteration of Geographical Names of the Republic of Belarus, Decree of the State Committee on Land Resources, Surveying and Cartography of the Republic of Belarus dated 23.11.2000 No. 15recommended for use by the Working Group on Romanization of Belarusian, Romanization Systems of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) — . See also: Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script; Romanization of Belarusian. in Belarus is the second-level administrative division in the country which are subordinate to regions of Belarus, regions (also known as oblasts). List of districts Brest region Gomel region Grodno region Minsk region Mogilev region Vitebsk region See also *Regions of Belarus, 1st level subdivision *Rural councils of Belarus, 3rd level subdivision References External links {{Articles on se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salihorsk
Salihorsk or Soligorsk (, ; , ) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Salihorsk District. As of 2025, it has a population of 96,993. History The city is one of the country's newest settlements; its construction began in 1958. In May 1963, Salihorsk gained the status of a city/town (''gorod''), and by January 1964, the town already had more than 18,000 inhabitants. In Dec 2002, Salihorsk hosted the Belarusian shooting championships. Geography Salihorsk lies in the south of Minsk Region near Slutsk, around from Minsk. Demographics Sport Salihorsk is the home city of Shakhtyor Soligorsk football club as well as HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the Belarusian Extraliga ice hockey league. Twin towns – sister cities * Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve () is a city and Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a proce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sluch (Belarus)
The Sluch or Northern Sluch (; ; ; ) is a river in Belarus. Rising in Minsk Oblast, it flows past the cities of Salihorsk and Slutsk, finally emptying into the Pripyat. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The (also spelled Morocz or Morach), a right tributary of the Sluch, originates in the . Under Article 2 of the Treaty of Riga (1921), it defined part of the border between Poland and the Soviet Union. See also *Sluch (Ukraine) The Sluch or Southern Sluch (; ; ; ) is a river in Ukraine. It is a right tributary of the Horyn. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Sluch takes its source in the Ukrainian oblast of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Khmelnytskyi. It then flow ..., or Southern Sluch References Rivers of Brest region Rivers of Gomel region Rivers of Minsk region Rivers of Belarus {{Belarus-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)
Nowogródek Voivodeship (; ; ; ) was a voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1507 to 1795, with the capital in the town of Nowogródek (now Novogrudok, Belarus). Since 1569 it was located in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as part of Lithuania. History The Voivodeship was composed of three counties, Novogrudok, Vawkavysk, Slonim, as well as the Duchy of Slutsk. It had two senators, two deputies for the Sejm, and two deputies for the Lithuanian Tribunal. Its capital was the town of Nyazvizh with the Radziwiłł family's castle and treasury.Nowogrodek Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger. Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski. Novogrudok Voivodeship ceased to exist along with the Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
