Astroŭna ( be, Астроўна, russian: Островно, pl, Ostrowno) is a village in
Belarus. It is located in the
Beshankovichy District
Beshankovichy District or Biešankovičy District ( be, Бешанко́віцкі раён, Biešankovicki rajon; russian: Бешенковичский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus. The Vula River flows through ...
of
Vitebsk Region, 15 km west of
Vitebsk. Astroŭna is a birthplace of
Lew Sapieha, statesman of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and creator of the
Third Lithuanian Statute.
History
The village was founded as a castle of Ivan Sapieha between years 1520 and 1530. At that time the land belonged to Palonnaja manor of Vitebsk paviet of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and was inherited by Ivan and his brother Janush from their mother, duchess Feodora Druck-Sakalinskaja. In 1546 a village was founded near the castle. For the next hundred years or so Astroŭna was a property of
Sapieha family.
In 1622 a Dominican monastery was founded by Alexander Sapieha. After his death part of the manor was inherited by his daughter Anna and her husband Stanislaw Narushevich.
In 1772, Astroŭna became a part of the
Russian Empire in the course of the
First Partition of Poland. In 1812, the
Battle of Ostrovno took place on the outskirts of the village between the French and Russian armies.
At the end of the 19th century there were about 70 houses in the village, in the beginning of the 20th century — about 120 houses. After the
October Revolution, Astroŭna became a part of the
Belarusian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...
.
Since the independence of Belarus in 1991, it has been a village in Beshankovichy Raion, Belarus. In 2005, Astroŭna joined the state program for rural development and became an
agrotown
An agro-town is an agglomeration in a rural environment with a population of several thousands but whose workforce's main occupation is agriculture. An agro-town also lacks the administrative, commercial and industrial functions that are usually ...
.
Notable residents
Lew Sapieha (1557, Astroŭna estate (now village) – 1633), a nobleman and statesman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and governor of
Slonim
Slonim ( be, Сло́нім, russian: Сло́ним, lt, Slanimas, lv, Sloņima, pl, Słonim, yi, סלאָנים, ''Slonim'') is a city in Grodno Region, Belarus, capital of the Slonimski rajon. It is located at the junction of the Ščar ...
,
Brest and
Mahiliow
Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...
Канцлер Леў Сапега (Chancellor Lew Sapieha)
in Belarusian)
References
External links
Photos of Astroŭna at globus.tut.by
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Villages in Belarus
Agrotowns in Belarus
Populated places in Vitebsk Region
Beshankovichy District
Vitebsk Voivodeship
Sennensky Uyezd
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