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More than 120 years ago Grodno was the most militarized Belarusian city in the Russian Empire.
On the evening of June 7, 1935, the then residents of the city remembered the last and only Jewish pogrom in the interwar city.
What was the twenty-first year in the history of Grodno, what did it bring to our ancestors from century to century?
Grodno became the first to have a permanent railway connection on the lands of modern Belarus.
Until now, many people mistakenly believe that Gintovta Street in Zaritsa-1 is named after famous military personnel or leaders of the revolutionary movement. But this is not the case.
In the 80s of the XVI century. the former Vytautas Castle in Grodno, which was one of the royal residences, was completely rebuilt by order of the King of the Commonwealth Stefan Batory.
Despite the close location to the city, the forts of the Grodno fortress have revealed their true history to few people.
In the provincial Grodno, electricity appeared only in the fall of 1912. How the electrification of the city began, the newspapers Grodno Provincial Gazette and Our Morning tell.
Modern Zbozhovaya is a few houses built after the war between the Neman and the driveshaft plant. During the war, the street was in the center of hostilities.
Passing under the oldest bridge in Grodno, we find ourselves on the stairs leading to the embankment. Historically, the area located at the foot of the Castle Hill was named Podzamche, like the street of the same name, which led f...