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Kopyś
Sign in to saveKopys 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
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- 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
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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.