Turets

Turets lies on the road between Korelichi and Mir in the old Novogrudok country. It became a small town in the sixteenth century and belonged to the Chodkiewicz family. In the following century its inhabitants supported several places of worship: a Catholic church, a Greek Catholic church and a wooden Orthodox church dedicated to St George. Mills, inns and shops served the settlement, while nearby stood the estates of the Lipnicki and Świdziński families. These institutions and businesses made Turets a local centre within a countryside of noble lands and differing Christian traditions.