Novogrudok Povet is an administrative unit of the Novogrudok Voivodship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ). The center of the district is Novogrudok .
| Novogrudok County | |
|---|---|
| A country | ON → Commonwealth |
| Included in | Navahrudak Voivodeship |
| Adm. Centre | Novogrudok |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | 1507 - 1795 |
| Date of Abolition | |
The border with the Slonim district passed along the river Molchad .
The povet included the Novogrudok city and Kletsk elders, as well as private possessions. Among the major cities of the region were Novogrudok , Nesvizh , Kletsk and Mir , as well as several towns. The povet sent two deputies (ambassadors) to the shaft parliament of the Commonwealth . In Navahrudak , povet and voivods' seymics gathered - local estate representative bodies. In the middle of the XVII century , there were 41,249 peasant farms in the district, and the population was 329,992 people [1] . According to this indicator, the district was among the largest in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at that time.
In 1793, the district was included in the Grodno Voivodeship . The povet was abolished in 1795 after the accession of its territory to the Russian Empire during the third division of the Commonwealth .