Black Ruthenia
(重定向自Black Russia)
Black Ruthenia (Latin:Ruthenia Nigra), Black Rus (Belarusian:Чорная Русь, Polish:Ruś Czarna), or Black Russia – all variant conventional terms – identified a historic region around Navahrudak (Novgorodok), in the western part of contemporary Belarus on the upper reaches of the Neman River. Besides Navahrudak, other important cities of the Black Ruthenian region included Hrodna (Grodno), Slonim, Volkovysk (Vaŭkavysk) and Niasvizh (Niasviž).