Drutsk
Sign in to savethumb|Druck Coat of Arms, possibly a variant of the Ostoja coat of arms Drutsk (, ; , , also known as Дрютескъ (Dryutesk) or Дрюческъ (Druchesk) in the Middle Ages), is a historical town in Belarus, 40 kilometres (ca. 25 miles) west of Mogilev.
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thumb|Druck Coat of Arms, possibly a variant of the Ostoja coat of arms Drutsk (, ; , , also known as Дрютескъ (Dryutesk) or Дрюческъ (Druchesk) in the Middle Ages), is a historical town in Belarus, 40 kilometres (ca. 25 miles) west of Mogilev.
The town was established in 1078 as an outpost of the Principality of Polotsk on the road from Polotsk to Kiev and Chernigov. According to the Drutsk Gospel, the town was built around one of the oldest Christian churches in White Ruthenia erected in 1001.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drutsk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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