Grondo

Grondo is city in the Republic of Belarus, on the Niemen, 148 miles North-East of Warsaw. It has a Polish palace and medical school. The Grondo district is a wide, pine-covered, swampy, yet fertile district, which produces good crops of cereals, and is a centre of the woollen industry.

Grodno was founded in 1127 as a small fortress and trading outpost on the border of the Baltic tribal union of the Yotvingians. It emerged as a significant city in Black Ruthenia and later part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which joined the Polish-Lithuanian Union in 1385. It was annexed by Russia in 1795 after Third Partition of Poland, and the region became its province. After the World War I, it became part of the Belarusian People's Republic and the Republic of Lithuania before being taken over by Poland. During the World War II, it was occupied by the Soviet Union and later by Nazi Germany. Since 1945, Grodno has been part of Belarus.

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