Principality of Kletsk

Old Russian princedoms on the territory of Belarus Old Russian princedoms on the territory of Belarus The exact date of the founding of Kletsk is unknown. For the first time the city was mentioned in the annals under the year 1127, and by that time it was already the center of an independent principality. During princely internecine strife Kletsk several times passed from hand to hand, sometimes becoming dependent on the Galician-Volhynian princes, until about 1342 finally fell under the rule of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy. In 1442 Kletsk was given over to the management of Mikhail Mazowiecki, the son of Grand Duke Sigismund Keistutovich , and after his disgrace about 1455 - transferred to Lithuanian citizenship Serpukhov-Borovsky princes. In 1521 the Kletsk land was liquidated. Until 1793, the city remained part of Poland, and after its Second Section became part of theRussian Empire. Now Kletsk is a regional center of the Minsk region of Belarus.