Varnyany

Varnyany is an agro-town in the Ostrovets district of the Grodno region. The agro-town is located 250 km from Grodno and 170 km from Minsk.

The first written mention of Varnyany dates back to 1391. In 1462, a church was founded in the village. At the end of the XVI century, Smolensk governor Yan Abramovich founded a Calvinist gathering here, during which a hospital and a school operated. As a result of the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, the Varnyany became part of the Russian Empire. In World War I in 1915, the Varnyany were occupied by German troops. Since 1922 the village has been part of the interwar Polish Republic. In 1939, the Varnyany became part of the BSSR.

The main attraction of the agro-town is Varniansky Church of St. George, which was built in the middle of the XVIII century.