Novogrudok

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Novogrudok Навагрудак (Belarusian) Новогрудок (Russian) Navahrudak
Town
Clockwise from top: the central square Transfiguration Church Church of St Michael the Archangel Church of Boris and Gleb House-Museum of Adam Mickiewicz Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Novogrudok Navahrudak within Grodno Region
Coordinates: 53°35′N 25°49′E / 53.583°N 25.817°E / 53.583; 25.817
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
District	Novogrudok District
Founded	970–990
First mentioned	1044
Town rights since	1444
Government
• Chairman of the district Executive Committee	Fedchenko Sergey[1]
Area
• Total	13.17 km2 (5.08 sq mi)
Elevation	292 m (958 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	27,936
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	231241, 231243, 231244, 231246, 231400
Area code	+375 1597
License plate	4
Website	Official website

Novogrudok or Navahrudak (Belarusian: Навагрудак; Russian: Новогрудок; Polish: Nowogródek, Lithuanian: Naugardukas; Yiddish: נאַוואַראַדאָק) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Novogrudok District. As of 2024, it has a population of 27,936.^[2]

In the Middle Ages, the city was ruled by King Mindaugas' son Vaišvilkas.^[3]

During and after Mindaugas' rule, Novogrudok was part of the Kingdom of Lithuania, and later the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was later part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the 14th century, it was an episcopal see of the Metropolitanate of Lithuania.

From 1795 to 1915, the Russian Empire ruled over the lands, with brief periods of intercession, e.g. Napoleon's Grande Armée in 1812 and the Uprisings of 1831 and 1863. After 1915, Novogrudok was occupied by the Imperial German Army for three years in World War I, by the Second Polish Republic until the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. Thereafter, the Soviet Union annexed the area to the Byelorussian SSR. From 1941 to 1944, Novogrudok was occupied by the German Army, thereafter returning to the Soviet Union until 1991.