In the nearest future the local authorities in the city of Hrodna are planning to start broadening the old bridge across Neman River. As result all transit traffic is to flow into old and narrow streets of the Hrodna historic center. It cannot only be tolerated from the logical point of view but also contradicts the general layout of Hrodna development approved by president Lukashenka...
We witness the largest act of vandalism in the history of independent Belarus. The authorities of Belarusian city Hrodna plan to demolish 40% of the city’s historical buildings that comprise its Old Town part. Hrodna is the last big city in Belarus where historical architectural ensemble was preserved. Historical centers in other Belarusian cities were largely vandalized or completely destroyed by Russian imperialist regime...
The modern city of Grodno originated as a small fortress and a fortified trading outpost maintained by the Rurikid princes on the border with the lands of the Baltic tribal union Yotvingians. Its name derives from the Old East Slavic verb gorodit', i.e., to enclose, to fence....
