Grodno Region
Voblast (region) in Belarus
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The largest innovative project in the country, the Belarusian NPP, is being implemented in the Grodno region.
After the Thirteen Years' War (1654-1667), when the capital Vilna was destroyed, the administrative center was moved to Grodno. The city thus became the de facto capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1673, it was decided to hold there every third Sejm of the Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
On May 27, 1793, in Grodno, in the building of the New Castle, the last Sejm of the Commonwealth (the so-called "Grodno Sejm") was held, which approved the second division of the Commonwealth, and repealed the Constitution of May 3. In 1795, as a result of the third partition of the Commonwealth, the eastern part of the voivodeship, including Grodno, was annexed by the Russian Empire.
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