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Muravanka
Мураванка (Belarusian)
Village
Muravanka is located in Belarus
Muravanka
Muravanka
Coordinates: 53°41′54″N 25°00′11″E / 53.69833°N 25.00306°E / 53.69833; 25.00306
CountryBelarus
RegionGrodno Region
DistrictShchuchyn District
Elevation
133 m (436 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total176
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Area code+375 1514

Muravanka (Belarusian: Мураванка; Russian: Мурованка, romanized: Murovanka) is a village in Shchuchyn District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It is part of Mazheykava selsoviet.[1]

The village is famous for its fortified church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Name

The village received its name after the brick walls of the church.

History

Since foundation in the 16th century Muravanka was a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1795 the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria and the village became a part of the Russian Empire. After World War I it's a place in Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic and after World War 2 it was returned to Belarus.

References

  1. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 372. ISBN 985-458-098-9.

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