текст на английском языке о Гродно 10 предложений

Grodno (Goroden [1], Kronon [2], Horyadnia, Garodny [3], etc.) - one of the oldest cities in Belarus. Archaeological excavations show that the first Slavic settlements (Dregovichi [4]) on the high bank of the Neman a appeared in the tenth century. It was first mentioned in the census of cities under the jurisdiction of the Turov Diocese (1005 AD). It was a cultural, commercial and production center of Black Russia. In the XII-XIII centuries, a place appeared on these settlements, located at the crossroads of trade routes, which was originally only a small fortress of a fortified shopping mall. It was from the word "gorodit" (fencing) that the name of the city arose.