Slonim

Slonim is a city in Grodno Region, Belarus, capital of the Slonim district. It is placed at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km southeast of Grodno. The population in 2015 changed into forty nine,739. The earliest document is of a timber fort at the left bank of the Shchara river inside the eleventh century, even though there may additionally had been in advance agreement. The vicinity became disputed among the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Kievan Rus' in early records and it modified arms numerous instances. In 1040, the Kievans won control of the area after a war however lost Slonim to the Lithuanians in 1103.

The Ruthenians retook the vicinity early inside the 13th century however have been expelled by a Tartar invasion in 1241 and the town turned into pillaged. When, later in the 12 months, the Tartars withdrew, Slonim became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania over again. In 1569, Lithuania and Poland united and Slonim became an vital nearby centre in the newly hooked up Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. From 1631 to 1685 the town flourished as the seat of the Lithuanian eating regimen.