Volkovysk is a city located in the southeastern part of the Grodno region in Belarus on the Ros River, a regional center.
The first settlements on the territory of modern Volkovysk arose in the 10th century, as evidenced by archaeological materials discovered during excavations of the Murovelnik settlement, Swedish Mountain and Zamchishche. It was first mentioned in the Ipatiev Chronicle in 1252. In the 12th century. the city becomes the center of the Volkovysk principality, and in the 14th century. is part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. During its existence, the city managed to be part of Russian Empire, Poland, until in 1939 it was returned to the BSSR. Today Volkovysk is the center of the Volkovysk region, a center of tourism of national importance.
46.3 thousand inhabitants
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Architectural and historical monuments: temples/monasteries: Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1524) in the village of Gniezno, Church of St. John the Baptist (1773) in the village of Volpa, Church of Saints Peter and Paul (1778) and St. Michael’s Church (late 18th century .) in the village of Izabelin, the Holy Trinity Church (1801) and the Holy Trinity Church (1867) in ...
Volkovysk: excursions and activities
The sports cycling route “Ivatsevichi - Ruzhany - Volkovysk - Baranovichi - Polotsk - Mir - Nesvizh - Grodno region - Baranovichi” is offered by the tourist club “Horizon” at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after. M. Tanka.
Volkovysk is included in the bus tourist and excursion route “Stone Chronicle of Ponemania”, which includes Grodno, Volkovysk, Gniezno, Zelva, Synkovichi, Slonim, Zhirovichi.
Within the area, amateur bicycle, automobile, motorcycle and pedestrian routes are possible.
History of Volkovysk
Volkovysk is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The first mention of our city in the Turov Chronicle dates back to 1005. In those days, Volkovysk was a fortified city on the border between the Baltic and Slavic populations. Since the 12th century, Volkovysk has been the center of a small…
September 28, Volkovysk / Corr. BELTA/. A new medical building with 260 beds at the central district hospital has opened in Volkovysk, BELTA reports.
The new building houses the departments of anesthesiology and intensive care, surgery, neurology, cardiology, as well as traumatology and therapeutic departments, and four operating blocks. The commissioning of a new medical building made it possible, first of all, to improve the conditions for patients. An opportunity has arisen to unite the medical institutions of the city of Volkovysk into a medical town.
“A serious step has been taken in improving the medical base in the region’s healthcare system. With the commissioning of the new building, the availability and quality of medical services will be improved not only for residents of Volkovysk and surrounding areas,” said Vladimir Kravtsov, Chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee. He emphasized that in each region of the region, central district hospitals are being put in order.
The construction of a new medical building at the Volkovysk Central District Hospital has been underway since 2012. The facility was financed from the district and regional budgets. Over Br30 million was allocated for these purposes. The necessary equipment, furniture, office equipment, and inventory were purchased using funds from the regional and district budgets.
“Today we are actively reforming primary care, improving the quality of medical care in regional centers. Volkovysk is an example of this. Thanks to the cooperation of the ministry and local authorities, when everyone clearly fulfilled their task, we ended up with a good facility that will allow us to provide medical care using high technologies," said Health Minister Valery Malashko. Through the Ministry of Health, equipment worth Br2 million was supplied to the new building - X-ray machines, anesthesia and respiratory machines, an ultrasound machine, operating tables.
On the basis of the new building, in the future, inter-district departments (urological, surgical, traumatology) can be organized, which will allow providing specialized care to the population of the Volkovysk region and surrounding areas, introducing and performing complex, high-tech and minimally invasive treatment methods, and reducing the average length of stay of patients in beds. After renovation, it is planned to place a children's clinic on the vacated areas of the main medical building.
The development of the material and technical base of the healthcare system in the region will continue. The central district hospital in Ostrovets is planned to be put into operation in 2019. “This is a solid facility. The largest medical institution in the region. It will have interregional significance, serving all the northern regions of the Grodno region, as well as some regions of the Minsk region. Modern centers for the most important areas of medical services will be created there,” noted Vladimir Kravtsov.
He also said that the development of design estimates for the construction of an oncology center in Grodno is nearing completion. Construction work scheduled to begin in 2019. -0-
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In the southwestern part of the Grodno region there is one of the most beautiful cities - Volkovysk. It is located on a small hill on the shore Ross River. The entire city is built on hills. Volkovysk is the administrative center of the Volkovysk region with a population of 40 thousand people. Although it is a small city, like many other cities in Belarus, it is historically and culturally significant. It has its own architectural monuments and heritage. They open very beautiful views from the hills to extraordinary landscapes that amaze with their ambiguity and uniqueness.
History of the city of Volkovysk
In two different chronicles, different years of mention of the city of Volkovysk are indicated: in Turov - this is the year 1005, in Ipatievskaya - 1252. The second date is considered official. In the Middle Ages, this city was a kind of fortress on the border between the Balts and Slavs. In 1410 the city was completely captured and burned. Like many other cities in Belarus, Volkovysk was part of various powers, the last of which was the modern territory of Belarus. The city is famous for many outstanding people who were natives of these regions. They managed to glorify the city not only among Belarusians. Among them are people like Alexander Dedyushko- theater and film actor, David Yanovsky- outstanding chess player, Yanina Zheimo- Soviet film actress.
Sights of Volkovysk
This city has its own history, which is revealed as tourists visit all the interesting places. Among them are such architectural treasures as the famous Catholic Church of St. Wenceslas. This building was erected in 1848. It is officially an architectural monument of the 19th century.
Another very important asset of the city is the manor house built at the end of the 18th century. It is better known as "House of Bagration", since this place was his headquarters at that time. Although, naturally, this house did not belong to him. Currently, this building is a military history museum.
There are also two churches in the city. One of them is Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, built in 1874, and the other is already modern Church of Peter and Paul, erected in 2004. The first is an architectural monument.
In the south-eastern part of Volkovysk there are settlements called “Swedish Hill” and “Anthill”, which are part of the historical and cultural heritage of the city, as well as the country as a whole. Many residential buildings are second-generation buildings. half of the 19th century century, especially those located in the area of the railway station. Also on the territory of the city of Volkovysk there are many cemeteries of Polish and Jewish soldiers, as well as an Orthodox cemetery. Among the many graves here are soldiers who participated in the First World War.
This city is simply filled with the spirit of history of those times that people read about only in History books.
Volkovysk is the administrative center of the Volkovysk district of the Grodno region. The city is located on the banks of the Ross River, 89 km from Grodno and 260 km. from Minsk. The distance to the border with the Republic of Poland is 43 km. There are several passing through the city highways local purpose, as well as the Baranovichi - Bialystok railway.
expand all textHistory of development - Volkovysk
Volkovysk is one of the oldest cities in Belarus and Eastern Europe; there is an opinion that it was founded back in the 10th century. This statement is confirmed by the results of archaeological excavations. For a long period of time it was believed that the first written mention of the city was an entry in Ipatiev Chronicle, where it is said that in 1252 Galician-Volyn princes Daniel and his brother Vasilka Romanovich invaded the Lithuanian lands of Mindaugas. However, thanks to later research by historians, it was proven that Volkovysk was founded earlier - in 1005, a record of this is available in the handwritten patericon “Turov Bishop’s Testament of Blessed Vladimir.”
The history of the origin of the city's name is shrouded in many legends. According to one version, the name of the city comes from the robbers Voloka and Visek, who operated in these parts back in the 18th century. In 738, a certain Vatislav Zaveiko killed the robbers and built 10 huts on the site of their graves, which gave the name to the city. According to another version, the name of the city was given by the Volkovyya River, which flows through Volkovysk and is a tributary of the Ross River. The river had this name because it flowed through impassable forest thickets, in which there were many wolves.
Volkovysk grew and developed quite quickly: this was largely facilitated by its favorable geographical location: the city was located on the route connecting the basins of the Dnieper, Western Bug and Neman. Russia was connected to the Neman, which gave access to the Baltic Sea. At the beginning of the 13th century, Volkovysk was part of the Principality of Polotsk, in the middle of the century - in Galicia-Volyn, and by the end of the century it became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Like many ancient cities, Volkovysk was destroyed and rebuilt many times during its history. By the beginning of the 16th-17th centuries, about 5 thousand people lived in the city. IN 1503 Volkovysk received Magdeburg law, and since 1507 it has been the center of the district of Novogrudok Voivodeship. In the Middle Ages, Volkovysk was a city of traders and artisans who made weapons, shoes, clothing, dishes, wine and beer, as well as fur processing. For some time, the city was the center of diplomacy - ambassadors and senators of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania came here.
During the period of numerous wars XVII-XIX centuries, especially the Russian-Swedish years 1656-1658 and 1700-1721, the city burned to the ground more than once. After the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, Volkovysk was annexed to the Russian Empire. During the Napoleonic War of 1812, the city was occupied by French troops for six months. During the First World War, the city was occupied by German troops (1915-1919). Afterwards the city came under Polish occupation. According to the terms Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 Western Belarus came under Polish control and the city became part of the Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1939. On September 18, 1939, the city was annexed Soviet troops and Western Belarus became part of the BSSR.
Volkovysk was captured by German troops on the third day of the Great Patriotic War- June 28, 1941, fierce fighting broke out in the city. During the war, there was a ghetto in Volkovysk, in which about 20 thousand Jews died. The city was liberated from the Nazi invaders July 14, 1944 units of the 2nd Belorussian Front during the Bialystok offensive operation.
Currently, Volkovysk is a modern industrial center: there are more than 29 industrial enterprises in the city, and there are sports and cultural institutions.
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The name is inextricably linked with Volkovysk P.I. Bagration- hero of the war with Napoleon. Before the start of the War of 1812, the headquarters of the 2nd Western Army under the command of P.I. Bagration was located in Volkovysk. Currently, the building where the headquarters of the 2nd Western Army was located is located. The museum exposition tells about three periods of the city’s development: “Ancient Volkovysk”, “War of 1812”, “Volkovysk in the 20th century”.
A unique archaeological site, the only one in Eastern Europe, is mines era of the Stone and Bronze Ages for the extraction of flint, as well as sites and workshops for its processing, which are located near the settlement. Krasnoselsky, Volkovysk district. More than 80 almost intact workings have been preserved. In addition, on this territory there is also a burial ground of the 3rd millennium BC, settlements of the Iron Age and the Middle Ages. Krasnoselsky archaeological complex declared a state reserve.
