Hrodna or Grodno (Belarusian: Гро́дна, IPA: [ˈɣrodna]; Russian: Гродно, IPA: [ˈɡrodnə]; Lithuanian: Gardinas; Polish: Grodno, German: Garten, Latin: Grodna, Grodnae), is a city in Belarus. It is located on the Neman River (Нёман), close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania (about 20 km and 30 km away respectively). It has 325,164 inhabitants (2008 estimate). It is the capital of Hrodna voblast (province) and Hrodna raion (district).
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Hrodna or Grodno (Belarusian: Гро́дна, IPA: [ˈɣrodna]; Russian: Гродно, IPA: [ˈɡrodnə]; Lithuanian: Gardinas; Polish: Grodno, German: Garten, Latin: Grodna, Grodnae), is a city in Belarus. It is located on the Neman River (Нёман), close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania (about 20 km and 30 km away respectively). It has 325,164 inhabitants (2008 estimate). It is the capital of Hrodna voblast (province) and Hrodna raion (district).
The Neman River and the Gorodnichanka River flow through the city.
The modern city of Grodno originated as a small fortress and a fortified trading outpost maintained by the Rurikid princes on the border with the lands of the Baltic tribal union Yotvingians. Its name derives from the Old East Slavic verb gorodit', i.e., to enclose, to fence (see "grad" for details).
Mentioned in the Primary Chronicle under 1127 as Goroden' and located at a crossing of numerous trading routes, this Slavic settlement, possibly originating as far as the late 10th century,...
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