Dzyatlava (Belarusian: Дзятлава, Russian: Дятлово, Polish: Zdzięcioł, Yiddish: זשעטל Zhetl, Lithuanian: Zietela) is a town in Belarus in the Hrodna voblast, about 165 km southeast of Hrodna. It is a railway station on the line between Baranavičy and Lida. The population is 8,900 (1995).
Dzyatlava was first referenced in documents from 1498, when it was granted to Prince Konstantin Ostrogski, who later built a wooden castle there. In the 17th cent...
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Dzyatlava (Belarusian: Дзятлава, Russian: Дятлово, Polish: Zdzięcioł, Yiddish: זשעטל Zhetl, Lithuanian: Zietela) is a town in Belarus in the Hrodna voblast, about 165 km southeast of Hrodna. It is a railway station on the line between Baranavičy and Lida. The population is 8,900 (1995).
Dzyatlava was first referenced in documents from 1498, when it was granted to Prince Konstantin Ostrogski, who later built a wooden castle there. In the 17th century the settlement was owned by Lew Sapieha, who ordered a Catholic church to be erected on the main city square. The church was consecrated in 1646, renovated after a fire in 1743 and still stands. In January 1708 Peter I of Russia visited Diatłowo during the Great Northern War and stayed there for a week. In the 18th century, the town was owned by Stanisław Sołtyk, who built a Baroque residence for himself in 1751.
Until World War II, Zdzięcioł belonged to the eastern part of the Second Polish Republic. It was the seat of Gmina Zdzięcioł in...
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