Novy Bykhaw

Novy Bykhaw, or New Bykhaw, lies south of the older fortified town of Bykhaw in the Dnieper region. Archaeological finds in its vicinity include burials dating from the sixth to tenth centuries, a time when the lands of the Dregoviches and Radimiches met here. In the sixteenth century the small town belonged to the Chodkiewicz family and later to the Sapiehas, whose estates also included the older Bykhaw.