Nowogródek

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Nowogródek is a historic town in present-day western Belarus, formerly part of the Polish eastern borderlands (Kresy), known for its multicultural heritage and association with the poet Adam Mickiewicz.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nowogródek canonical 8
Gródek Jagielloński 2
Nowogródek (Navahrudak) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town
town
alternativeName Navahrudak
Novogrudok
Навагрудак
Новогрудок
linked to: Novogrudok
associatedWith Adam Mickiewicz
birthplaceOf Adam Mickiewicz
country Belarus
currentStatus part of independent Belarus
formerCountry Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Empire
Second Polish Republic
grantedMagdeburgRights 15th century
hasHeritage multicultural
hasJewishCommunityUntil World War II
hasLandmark Adam Mickiewicz Museum
Dominican monastery ruins
Farny Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Boris and Gleb
Ruins of Nowogródek Castle
Transfiguration Church in Nowogródek
historicalLanguage Hebrew
Lithuanian
Polish
Yiddish
historicalRegion Black Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia

Kresy
languageUsed Belarusian
Russian
locatedIn Grodno Region
Novogrudok District
western Belarus
linked to: Western Belarus
locatedOn hilly terrain of the Navahrudak Upland
nearbyCity Baranavichy
Lida
postWWIIStatus incorporated into Byelorussian SSR
postWWIStatus part of Second Polish Republic
religionPresent Eastern Orthodoxy
Judaism
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
voivodeshipPeriod Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth era
wasCapitalOf Nowogródek Voivodeship
WWIIEvent Holocaust of local Jewish community
Nazi occupation

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kresy containsCity Nowogródek
Jogaila placeOfDeath Gródek Jagielloński
linked to: Nowogródek
Eastern Borderlands hasMajorCity Nowogródek
Nowogródek District of the Home Army hasAlternativeName Nowogródek AK District
linked to: Nowogródek
Władysław II Jagiełło placeOfDeath Gródek Jagielloński
linked to: Nowogródek
Navahrudak hasNameInPolish Nowogródek
Nowogródek Voivodeship capital Nowogródek
Nowogródek Voivodeship capital Nowogródek (Navahrudak)
linked to: Nowogródek
Nowogródek Voivodeship majorCity Nowogródek
Novogrudok historicalName Nowogródek