Svir, Belarus

Svir (Сьвір; Свирь; Svieriai; Świr) is an urban-type settlement in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, Belarus. As of 2023, it has a population of 974.

History
It is believed to have been founded in the 13th century by the Lithuanian duke Daumantas and was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.

The mound in the town has remains of fortifications from the 14th to 16th centuries.

In the 18th to 19th centuries, the Lithuanians in Svir and its vicinities were Slavicized.