  grodno/hrodna region (, hrodzienskaja vobÅasÄ; , grodnenskaya oblast) is one of the regions of belarus. it is located in the northwestern part of the country. the capital grodno, is the biggest city of the region. it lies on the neman river. grodno's existence is attested to from 1127. two castles dating from the 14th - 18th centuries are located here on the steep right bank of the nemen. many consider this city one of the most beautiful in belarus: one of its masterpieces survived through the centuries, orthodox st boris & st gleb (kalozhskaya) church dating back to the 12th century, is the second oldest in belarus. ==history== this region was the westernmost "border" of the early east slavs (tribal union dregovichs?) on the lands of the balts in the 6th-9th centuries. in the 13th-14th centuries it was a center of the area sometimes known as black ruthenia, that with neighbor the grand duchy of lithuania became a basis for baltic-slavic state - grand duchy of lithuania (gdl). in 1413, the area around grodno and its grodno capital were incorporated into the crown of the kingdom of poland as part of [[trakai voivode
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