Novogrudok

Novogrudok was a fortified town and appanage in Black Ruthenia, under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1337 it belonged to Karijotas, a son of Grand Duke Gediminas.

The appanage passed to his son Fyodor in 1358 and to Kaributas in 1386. In 1392 it entered the grand-ducal demesne and gained a stone castle. Novogrudok became the capital of its voivodeship in 1507 and received Magdeburg rights in 1511. The Lithuanian Tribunal held sessions there; the voivodeship lasted until 1795.