Kopys

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Kopys
Копысь
Urban-type settlement
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Site of the former castle
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Kopys
Coordinates: 54°19′40″N30°18′05″E / 54.32778°N 30.30139°E / 54.32778; 30.30139
Country Belarus
Region Vitebsk Region
District Orsha District
Population
 (2025) [1]
600
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK)
Area code +375 216

Kopys [a] is an urban-type settlement in Orsha District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. [1] As of 2025, it has a population of 600. [1]

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History

Early 20th-century view of Kopys Kopys, Rynak. Kopys', Rynak (1905).jpg
Early 20th-century view of Kopys

The first references to Kopys are dated at 1059. From the 14th century, it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently the Polish–Lithuanian Union after the Union of Krewo (1385). Administratively, it was part of the Vitebsk Voivodeship. It was granted town rights in the 16th century. It was a private town owned by the Ostrogski family and, after 1594, the Radziwiłł family. [2] A castle stood in the town of Kopys and a Calvinist church was founded by Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł. [2] During the Great Northern War, in 1707, Kopys was destroyed by Russian troops. In 1772, it became a part of the Russian Empire in the course of the First Partition of Poland.

The Kapust Hasidic dynasty originates in Kopys. By the end of the 18th century, there was a Jewish typography in the town.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Belarusian: Копысь; Russian: Копысь, IPA: [ˈkopɨsʲ] ; Polish: Kopyś; Yiddish: קאָפּוסט, romanized: Kopust.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV, Warsaw, 1883, p. 388 (in Polish)
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