Drutsk
Drutsk and Drutsk principality in the IXth - XIIth centuries. Chronicle of ancient layers, Drutsk Dukes and their estates in the XIIIth - XVIIIth centuries; crafts, trade (according to archeology, numismatics, written sources), historical monuments and sites
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Serie Ancient cities of Belarus
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Illustrations and maps
48 pp., illustrations
49 USD
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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.
