Turov, Belarus
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Turov, or Turaw, is a town in Zhytkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 2,761.
Town Hall
19th-century painting by Napoleon Orda
Synagogue in 1905
Michael Glinski
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Michael Lvovich Glinski or Glinsky was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of distant Tatar extraction, who was also a tutor of his grand-nephew, Ivan the Terrible.
Turov, Belarus
…1430 it became a private town of the Grand Duke Svitrigaila. In the end of the 15th century Turaŭ became a property of Grand Court Marshal of Lithuania Michal Glinski. In 1502 it was damaged by a Tatar invasion. After Glinski's betrayal and escape to Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1508, Turov was confiscated by the family…
Herb Glinski