Muravanka

Coordinates: 53°41′54″N 25°00′11″E / 53.69833°N 25.00306°E / 53.69833; 25.00306
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Muravanka
Мураванка (
UTC+3 (MSK)
Area code+375 1514

Muravanka (Belarusian: Мураванка; Russian: Мурованка, romanizedMurovanka) is a village in Shchuchyn District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It is part of Mazheykava selsoviet.[1]

The village is famous for its

fortified church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
.

Name

The village received its name after the brick walls of the church.

History

Since foundation in the 16th century Muravanka was a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1795 the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria and the village became a part of the Russian Empire. After World War I it's a place in Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic and after World War 2 it was returned to Belarus.

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