David-Gorodok

The town is located in Stolin District, Brest Region, 32 kilometers away from Stolin and 245 kilometers away from Brest. Motorways connect the town with the cities of Pinsk and Turov.

Some historians believe that David-Gorodok was founded on the river Goryn in early 12^th century by a prince from Turov, while others claim that the town was founded by Prince of Vohlynia David Igorevich, grandson of Yaroslav Mudry. The monument to Prince David was erected in the town in late 20^th century.

In the 14^th century David-Gorodok belonged to the Great Principality if Lithuania. In 1509 it became part of Pinsk Principality, and in 1523 the town was handed over to Queen Bona. In 1551 Polish King Sigismund II Augustus signed the town over to Nikolai Radzivill Cherny.

There were several wooden fortifications in the town, a church and a cathedral that was built in the middle of the 16^th century and burnt down in 1839. Only the round wall that surrounded the ancient town survived to the present day.

In 1893 David-Gorodok became part of the Russian Empire. It was known as a town of merchants and craftsmen (tailors, blacksmiths, coopers, carpenters, masons, joiners, saddlers, furriers, soap-boilers, fishermen and shipbuilders).

The Soviet power was established in the town in November 1917. However, three months later the town was occupied by German troops, and in 1921 it became part of Poland.

On July 7, 1941 David-Gorodok was occupied by fascist invaders. On August 10, 1941, they shot around three thousand Jewish locals.

The wooden Church of St George with a four-row iconostasis (17^th―18^th centuries) situated in David-Gorodok is considered to be one of the most prominent monuments of architecture in Belarus.

The annual Koniki festival that takes place in David-Gorodok on January 13^―14 attracts lots of tourists. There is a hotel, a restaurant, a cinema and a museum in the town.

While exploring the suburbs of David-Gorodok one may take pictures of many beautiful churches built in the 18^th century, such as St Mikhail’s Church in Rubel, St Elijah’s Church in Velemichi, St Mikhail’s Church in Olpen, a church in Remel, St Paraskeva’s Church in Berezhnoye, St Nicholas’ Church in Kazhan-Gorodok (1816) and St George’s Church in Sinkevichi.

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