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    Vawkavysk or Volkovysk (Belarusian: Ваўкавыск, romanized: Vaŭkavysk; Russian: Волковыск; Polish: Wołkowysk; Yiddish: וואלקאוויסק) is a town in Grodno...
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    Vaŭkavysk Ghetto (also known as the Wołkowysk Ghetto, Volkovysk Ghetto, or Vawkavysk Ghetto) was established in Vaŭkavysk, in what is now Belarus in the summer...
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    Vawkavysk District or Vaŭkavysk District (Belarusian: Ваўкавыскі раён; Russian: Волковысский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus...
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    The Church of Saint Wenceslaus (Belarusian: Касцёл Святога Вацлава) in Vawkavysk is a Belarusian Catholic church in the Grodno Region. Constructed in 1846–1848...
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    Commonwealth, Nowogródek, provincial capital since 1507, county seats of Vawkavysk, Slonim and Lida, and Mir, private town of the powerful Radziwiłł family...
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    administrative center of Svislach District. It is connected with the town Vawkavysk by a railroad branch and with Grodno city by a highway. As of 2024, it...
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    Slavic city-state of Navagradak, which incorporated cities of Slonim and Vawkavysk, and possibly Hrodna (all cities located on the territory of the present...
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  • Grodno and Slonim. Besides these, other important parts of Black Rus' are Vawkavysk and Białystok. The region was inhabited by the Baltic Yotvingians from...
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  • raids until the second half of the 14th century. Butigeidis transferred Vawkavysk to Galicia-Volhynia in exchange for peace. He died in 1290 or 1292, and...
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  • Vilnius Cathedral Chapter. From 1853 he was dean and administrator of the Vawkavysk parish. Then, in 1856–70, he became also Vawkawysk's parish priest. On...
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