Grodno - City Information

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Hrodna, also Grodno, city in Belarus, near Poland. The capital of Hrodna Oblast, it is a port on the Neman (Nyoman) River, a railroad hub, and an industrial center. It has 327,540 inhabitants (2009 census)

The name of the city is derived from the Old East Slavic verb gorodit', i.e., to enclose, to fence. Grodno originated as a small fortress and a fortified trading outpost. In the middle ages it alternately came under Lithuanian and Polish rule until it was ceded to Russia in 1795. In 1920 Hrodna became part of independent Poland, but it was annexed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1939. From 1941 to 1944, during World War II, the city was held by German troops. Since 1945 the city has been a centre of one of provinces of the Belarusian SSR, now of the independent Republic of Belarus.

Manufactures include electrical equipment, fertilizer, construction materials, textiles, and footwear.

The city has one of the largest concentrations of Roman Catholics in Belarus. It is also a center of Polish culture, with the considerable number of Poles living in Belarus, residing in the city and its surroundings. All the while, the Eastern Orthodox population is also widely present here.

This city is known for its very important Medical University, where many students from different parts of Belarus acquire an academic degree, as do a good number of foreign students as well. Other higher educational establishments are Yanka Kupala State University (the largest education center in Hrodna province) and Agricultural university.

Among the city's many historical structures is the palace (late 16th century) of King Stephen Bathory of Poland. Other historical and architectural sights include Kolozha church of Sts. Boris and Gleb, Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit church, Franciscan cloister (1635), Basilian convent (1720–51), the church of the Bridgettine cloister.

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