Kopyś

Also known as Kopys', Kapust, Kopust, Kopis

Kopys is an urban-type settlement in Orsha District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 600.

Key facts

Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Kopys, Belarus.svg
Settlement.name: Kopys
Settlement.native_name: Копысь
Settlement.settlement_type: Urban-type settlement
Settlement.total_type:  
Settlement.image_skyline: Kopys castle 01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Site of the former castle
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Kopys, Belarus.png
Settlement.flag_size: 150
Settlement.shield_size: 75
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Vitebsk Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Orsha District
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Копысь
Country: Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Located in: Orshansky povet
Population: 592
Elevation: 150
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Body of water: Dnieper
Image: Kopys castle 01.jpg
Dialing code: +375 216
Licence plate code: 2

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Commons category: Kopyś
category for people born here: Q8059095
topic's main category: Category:Kopyś
postal code: 211038
native label: Копысь
time of earliest written record: 1059-00-00
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Kopyś
different from: Kapust
Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/kopys/index.htm

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Kopys is an urban-type settlement in Orsha District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 600.

==History== thumb|left|Early 20th-century view of Kopys The first references to Kopys are dated at 1059. From the 14th century, it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently the Polish–Lithuanian Union after the Union of Krewo (1385). Administratively, it was part of the Vitebsk Voivodeship. It was granted town rights in the 16th century. It was a private town owned by the Ostrogski family and, after 1594, the Radziwiłł family. A castle stood in the town of Kopys and a Calvinist church was founded by Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł. During the Great Northern War, in 1707, Kopys was destroyed by Russian troops. In 1772, it became a part of the Russian Empire in the course of the First Partition of Poland.

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