This capital of Belarus was on a great trade route, thus its Russian name, meaning "exchange"
.... in the area (Great Northern War and the War of Polish succession) damaged 
its... [DOC] [TLE] Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia [PAR] Kievan Rus was a loose federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 
9th to the mid-13th century, under the reign of the Rurik dynasty.