Druja - Kobryn

Druja

arms approved on March 3, 1720. The city is divided by the border between the Republic of Belarus and Latvia - theLatvian part is called Piedruja.

Drysa (rus. Verkhnedvinsk)

approved on August 21 1781. Here we have a typical arms given by the Russians - they cancelled the cities' old arms (many of that arms got lost now) and gave new arms to occupied Litvan cities. Instead of the old arms Russians made arms of the Litvan provinces (the Pahonia on backgrounds of different colours) the arms of cities - like we see it here

Dzisna

approved on January 20, 1569

Haradok

since the 16th century

Haradzieja (rus. Gorodnaya)

approved on March 17, 1792

Harodnia (rus. Grodno)

since the 16th century. Astaeological researches show that the most (25%) bones found around Harodnia are bones of reindeers

	arms of 1567
	Russian occupational arms
	arms of 1802
	arms of 1878

approved on May 25, 1792

Homiel (rus. Gomel)

approved in 1560

arms of 1856. The arms is very similar to the arms of Bielica that now is a part of the city of Homiel. This arms is also the current official arms of Homiel

Horki

created on August 27 1857 by Russian administration

Ihumien (rus. Cherven')

approved on January 22, 1796

Kamianiec

since the 16th century

Kapyl

approved on August 27, 1652. The hunting horn is a part of the town's owners' arms - the Radzivił family. The aristocratic clans - the magnaty - were very powerful in medieval Litvania. The most important magnaty were the families Radzivił and Sapieha. In arms of many towns we can find their emblems or parts of these emblems

Klecak (rus. Kletsk)

approved on August 27, 1652. here we also see the horn of the Radziviłs

Klimavičy

approved on August 16, 1781

Kobryn and Haradziec

approved on December 10, 1589. On the shield is St. Hanna. Here we have an other example of two towns using the same arms

under the Russian rule (19th century) the original arms was replaced by this one

approved in 1998. In the shield is the palace of Graf Vandalin Pusłoŭski

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