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 Turaw - Wikipedia
The ancient Turaw was an important trade center of Kyevan Rus due to its location on Viking route to Black Sea.
Turaw suffered through a number of feudal conflicts in XII century and lsot its importance later on.
Turaw is a part of the Grand Duche of Lithuania since 1320.
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 Turaw - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Turaw (Belarusian Ту́раў;, Russian Ту́ров, Polish Turów, also transliterated as Turov) is a town in Zhytkavichy district of Homel voblast of Belarus.
Turaw was an ancient capital of the Dregovichs tribe - one of the three Eastern Slavic tribes that are considered the ancestors of modern Belarusian nation (the others being Krivichs and Drevlians).
After Gliński's betrayal and escape to Muscovy in 1508, Turaw was confiscated by the family of Konstanty Ostrogski, who started the reconstruction, but the town was yet again destroyed by the Tatars in 1521.
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 Turaw -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Turaw was first mentioned in the " (additional info and facts about Tale of Bygone Years) Tale of Bygone Years" from (additional info and facts about 980) 980.
In that period the town of Turaw was an important trade centre within the (additional info and facts about Kyivan Rus) Kyivan Rus, mostly due to the abovementioned trade route.
After Gliński's betrayal and escape to (A Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital) Muscovy in 1508, Turaw was confiscated by the family of (additional info and facts about Konstanty Ostrogski) Konstanty Ostrogski, who started the reconstruction, but the town was yet again destroyed by the Tatars in 1521.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tu/turaw.htm   (535 words)

  
 Turaw
Turaw (Belarusian: Ту́раў;; Russian: Ту́ров, also transliterated as Turov) is a town in Zhytkavichy district of Homel voblast of Belarus.
Turaw suffered through a number of feudal conflicts in 12th century and lost its importance later on.
Astrozhski dynasty owns Turaw in 1508 - 1620 and later gives it up to Sapega, then Potocki dynasties of Belarusian nobility - magnats.
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 Turaŭ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turaŭ or Turaw (Belarusian: Ту́раў, Russian: Ту́ров (Turov), Polish: Turów) is a town in Žytkavičy district of Homiel Province of Belarus.
It was also home to bishop Cyril of Turaw (Kiryla Turaŭski), an ancient Ruthenian philosopher and religious figure.
The town's period of prosperity ended with a number of feudal conflicts in 12th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turaw   (534 words)

  
 Turaw also transliterated from Russian Russian as Turov is a...
"Turaw" (also transliterated from Russian Russian as "Turov") is a town in Zhytkavichy Zhytkavichy district of Homel voblast Homel voblast of Belarus Belarus.
Turaw is an ancient capital of the Drehavichy ethnos - one of the three Eastern Slav ingredients of Belarus Belarusian nation.
Turaw is a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1320.
www.biodatabase.de /Turaw   (421 words)

  
 Turaw biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Turaw is an ancient capital of the Dregovichs ethnos - one of the three Eastern Slav ingredients of Belarusian nation.
The ancient Turaw was an important trade center of Kyivan Rus due to its location on Viking route to Black Sea.
It is owned by M.L. Hlinsky at the end of 15th century, Astrozhski dynasty owned Turaw in 1508 - 1620 and later gave it up to Sapieha, then Potocki dynasties of Belarusian magnates.
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 Turaw - Definition up Erdmond.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The first mention of Turaw is in the "Tale_of_Bygone_Years" in 980.
Bishop Cyril_of_Turaw (Kiryla_Turawski), an ancient Belarusian philosopher and religious figure, lived in Turaw.
Turaw is a part of the Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania since 1320.
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 Turaw - TheBestLinks.com - Black Sea, Belarus, Russia, Russian language, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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The ancient Turaw was an important trade center of Kievan Rus due to its location on Viking route to Black Sea.
Astrozhski dynasty owns Turaw in 1508 - 1620 and later gives it up to Sapiega, then Potocki dynasties of Belarusian magnates.
www.thebestlinks.com /Turaw.html   (388 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Turaw was an ancient capital of the Dregovichs tribe - one of the three Eastern Slavic tribes that are concidered the ancestors of modern Belarusian nation (the others being Krivichs and Drevlians).
Belarusian territory, with a lesser role played by the principality of Turaw in the south.
The Militias of Magnate Towns in Belorussia and Lithuania in the 16th-18th centuries Turaw's Timeline [An ancient capital of the Drehavichy ethnos] Wilno History Zaslavl History [in Russian] [ Previous...
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 All words on Polatsk
The Norse sagas describe the city as the most heavily fortified in all of Rus.
Between the 10th and 12th centuries, the principality of Polatsk emerged as the dominant center of power on Belarusian territory, with a lesser role played by the principality of Turaw to the south.
It repeatedly asserted its sovereignty in relation to other centers of Kievan Rus, becoming a political capital, the episcopal see of a bishopric and the controller of vassal territories among Balts in the west.
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 History (from Belarus) --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
The early Slavic tribes—the Dregovichi, Radimichi, Krivichi, and Drevlyane—had formed local principalities, such as those of Pinsk, Turaw (Russian: Turov), Polatsk (Polotsk), Slutsk, and Minsk, by the 8th to 9th century.
Trading settlements multiplied, and many of the towns of present-day Belarus were founded by the end of the 12th century.
Two of the earliest-mentioned towns of Slavic foundation, Polatsk and Turaw, first appear in historical documents in the years 862 and 980, respectively.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-129466   (986 words)

  
 Polatsk Po #322ock Polish Polish also spelt as Polacak and...
Mentioned for the first time in 862 862 in ancient documents the name is also spelt as "Polotesk," "Polteks," "Paltejsborg." Its name derives from the Polota Polota river, that flows into Dvina Dvina at Polatsk.
Between the 9th 9th and 12th centuries 12th centuries, the principality of Polatsk (now northern Belarus) emerged as the dominant center of power on Belarusian territory, with a lesser role played by the principality of Turaw Turaw in the south.
It repeatedly asserted its sovereignty in relation to other centers of Ruthenia Ruthenia, becoming a political capital, the episcopal see of a bishopric and the controller of vassal territories among Balt Balts in the west.
www.biodatabase.de /Polatsk   (441 words)

  
 Belarusian Architecture
Turaw was the only big town in the South at that time.
The number of towns has grown sharply during XI-XII cc.
In the swampy and almost impenetrable South towns were appearing mostly as the centers of trade, craftsmanship and service of the population of surrounding lands (except Turaw and Brest).
www.belarusguide.com /culture1/visual_arts/Architecture.html   (3995 words)

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