History of Vawkavysk (Волковыск, Ваўкавы́ск) in photos

A small historical reference

Geography: Vawkavysk is one of the oldest towns in southwestern Belarus and the capital of the Vawkavysk district. It is located on the Wolkowyja River, roughly 98 kilometres (61 mi) from Grodno and 271 kilometres (168 mi) from Minsk.

Vawkavysk was first unofficially mentioned in the Turov Annals in 1005 and this year is widely accepted as the founding year for Vawkavysk. At that time Volkovysk was a city-fortress on the border of the Baltic and the Slavic ethnic groups. Since 12th century, Volkovysk was the center of a small princedom. The Hypatian Chronicle mentions the city in 1252.

Date of foundation:

History:

Population: 43 826

Sights:

Alexander street

Alexander street, city market, 1939

Begin Market Street

Bulvarnaya street, 1925

Church of Saint Wenceslas, 1939

Corner of Kremenitskaya Street and Alexandrovsky Lane, Magistrate, 1939

Employees of the Locomotive Depot, 1908

General view, 1939

Central Railway Station, 1910s	Central Railway Station, 1925	Central Railway Station, militiaman	Central Railway Station, on the platform
Central station, water tower, 1925	Karl Marx Street, formerly Kostelnaya Street	Market Place, between 1915 and 1918	Marketplace, 1916

Pervomayskaya street, house of household services population, between 1960 and 1970	Station 'City'	Station street, between 1900 and 1915	Synagoga
Teachers Seminary, then was a military hospital (another floor was completed), 1915	Women's Teacher Seminary	Wide Street	Wide Street, Church, 1915