Svir, Belarus

For other uses, see Svir (disambiguation).

Svir (Belarusian: Сьвір; Russian: Свирь; Lithuanian: Svieriai; Polish: Świr) is an urban-type settlement in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, Belarus.^[1][2][3][4] As of 2024, it has a population of 960.^[1]

Svir Сьвір (Belarusian) Svieriai
Urban-type settlement
Svir
Coordinates: 54°49′N 26°24′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Myadzyel District
Founded	13th century
Elevation	153 m (502 ft)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Total	960
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	222387

History

It is believed to have been founded in the 13th century by the Lithuanian duke Daumantas and was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.^[2]

The mound in the town has remains of fortifications from the 14th to 16th centuries.^[2]

In the 18th to 19th centuries, the Lithuanians in Svir and its vicinities were Slavicized.^[2]

Gallery

• 
  Market square in 1900
• 
  Town celebration in 1931
• 
  Town during World War I
• 
  One of the Svir's streets in 1941

See also

• Church of Saint Nicholas, Svir

References

1. "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
2. Vidugiris, Aloyzas. "Svieriai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
3. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warsaw. 1890. p. 713. Retrieved 9 February 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. 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.