Drut︠s︡k
Drut︠s︡k i Drut︠s︡kai︠a︡ volostʹ (kni︠a︡z︠h︡estvo) v IX-XII vv., letopisʹ drevnikh sloev, kni︠a︡zʹi︠a︡ Drut︠s︡kie i ikh vladenii︠a︡ v XIII-XVIII vv., remeslo, promysly, torgovli︠a︡ (po dannym arkheologii, numizmatiki, pisʹmennykh istochnikov), pami︠a︡tniki arkhitektury i obʺekty turizma
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Serie Древнейшие города Беларуси
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The town was established in 1078 as an outpost of the Principality of Polatsk on the road from Polatsk to Kiev and Chernihov. According to the Drutsk Gospel, the town was built around one of the oldest Christian churches in White Ruthenia erected in 1001.
