Shchuchyn (Belarusian: Шчучын, Ščučyn, Be-Ščučyn.ogg (help·info); Russian: Щýчин, pronounced [ˈɕɕutɕɪn]; Polish: Szczuczyn Litewski) is a town in the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus. It is the center of the Shchuchyn district. The population is nearly 15,000 (2010).
The first known official written mention of Shchuchyn is recorded in 1436, but its foundation as a settlement dates back to 1537, when 'Shchuchyn was mentioned in the Book of Acts of the L...
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Shchuchyn (Belarusian: Шчучын, Ščučyn, Be-Ščučyn.ogg (help·info); Russian: Щýчин, pronounced [ˈɕɕutɕɪn]; Polish: Szczuczyn Litewski) is a town in the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus. It is the center of the Shchuchyn district. The population is nearly 15,000 (2010).
The first known official written mention of Shchuchyn is recorded in 1436, but its foundation as a settlement dates back to 1537, when 'Shchuchyn was mentioned in the Book of Acts of the Lithuanian Metrica (the Book of Lithuanian vital records), kept in the Governmental archive in Lithuania.
Ownership of Shchuchyn passed from one noble family to another: The Radziwiłł family, then the Drutskiya-Liubetskis, the Scipions, and others ruled Shchuchyn in turn. In the 15th–18th centuries, Shchuchyn became a member of the Lida council of the Vilnius office of voivode. In the first half of the 17th century, Shchuchyn was governed by the outsider marshal of the Lithuanian principality, Scipio de Campo. Shchuchyn was an average-sized...
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