Batory Square

Soviet (Batory) Square in the centre of Hrodna

Batory Square is the historical name (during the Polish period in 1921 - 1939) of Soviet (Savyetskaya) Square - the central square for the city of Hrodna in Belarus.

It was named after Stephen Báthory, King of Poland who had a residence here in the 16th century.

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