Kamyanyets

Kamyanyets is a metropolis inside the Brest Region of Belarus and the center of the Kamyenyetski Rajon. The metropolis is located within the northwestern nook of Brest Region at the Lyasnaya river, about 40 km north from Brest. In 2002, the populace was about 9,000 people. Through Kamyanyets flows the river of Lesna Prawa. It changed into first stated within the Halych-Volhynian Chronicle in 1276, while a fort with a maintain, the tower of Kamyenyets, changed into being built in this spot, to protect the northern boundary of Volhynia from the raids of invaders.

This web page at the stony steep financial institution of the Liasnaja River had attracted Oleksa, the distinguished builder and architect of Volhynia. He showed the site to Vladimir Vasilkovich, the Prince of Volhynia, who appreciated the area and ordered Oleksa to build a fortress with a maintain immediately. Later a metropolis regarded across the fortification.