Vawkavysk
Sign in to saveVawkavysk or Volkovysk is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vawkavysk District. It is located on the and rivers, roughly from the city of Grodno and from Minsk, the national capital. As of 2025, it has a population of 41,020. It is one of the oldest towns in the region.
Key facts
- Settlement.timezone
- MSK
- Settlement.name
- Vawkavysk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_flag
- BIA Wołkowysk flag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Vaŭkavysk, Belarus.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Grodno Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vawkavysk District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1005
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mikhail Sitko
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- Prehistory
- Middle Ages
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Russian Empire
- World War I and the Interbellum
- Polish–Soviet War
- Second Polish Republic
- World War II
- After World War II
- Administration
- Demographics
- Religion
- Economy
- Sites of interest
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- Notes
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Vawkavysk or Volkovysk is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vawkavysk District. It is located on the and rivers, roughly from the city of Grodno and from Minsk, the national capital. As of 2025, it has a population of 41,020. It is one of the oldest towns in the region.
Vawkavysk was first unofficially mentioned in the Turov annals in 1005 and this year is widely accepted as the founding year for Vawkavysk. At that time it was a city-fortress on the border of the Baltic and the Slavic ethnic groups. Since the 12th century, Vawkavysk was the center of a small princedom. The Hypatian Chronicle mentions the city in 1252.