Oldest Towns
This is a list of the oldest towns in Belarus, by date of establishment.
- Polotsk (862)
- Vitebsk (947)
- Turaŭ (980)
- Zaslawye (985)
- Vawkavysk (1005)
- Brest (1019)
- Navahrudak (1044)
- Braslaw (1065)
- Minsk (1067)
- Orsha (1067)
- Pinsk (1097)
- Barysaw (1102)
- Slutsk (1116)
- Grodno (1127)
- Kletsk (1127)
- Krychaw (1136)
- Gomel (1142)
- Rahachow (1142)
- Mazyr (1155)
- Mstsislaw (1156)
- Rechytsa (1213)
- Nesvizh (1223)
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