Editing Novogrudok (section)

==Toponymy==
The name comes from the [[Old East Slavic]] words "New town". It was a large settlement in the remote Western lands of the [[Krivichs]], which came under the control of the [[Kievan Rus'|Ancient Rus' state]] at the end of the 10th century. The ancient name of Novgorodok (Nov'gorodok,<ref>«И зашли за реку Велю, и потом перешли реку Немон и нашли в чотырех милях от реки Немна гору красную, и сподобалася им, и вчинили на неи город и назвали его Новъгородок». Летопись Красинского // ПСРЛ. — М., 1980. — Т. 35. — С. 129; Евреиновская летопись // ПСРЛ. — Т. 35. — С. 215; Летопись Рачинского // ПСРЛ. — Т. 35. — С. 146; Ольшевская летопись // ПСРЛ. — М., 1980. — Т. 35. — С. 174; Румянцевская летопись // ПСРЛ. — Т. 35. — С. 194.</ref> Nov'gorodok',<ref>Ипатьевская летопись // ПСРЛ. — С-П., 1908. — Т. 2. стб. 828—829, 835—836, 859, 873—874</ref> though leaning both parts: to Novagorodka, in Novegorodtsy, "between Novym'gorodkom'", from "Novagorodka" in "Novegorodche"). In some sources, it is called ''Maly Novgorod''.{{Sfn|Соловьев|1947}}

Archaeological excavations made by Gurevich F. D. in different places of the city, gave a huge number of interesting finds (Byzantine glass, jewellery, and even the ruins of a house with painted walls from the inside, which had suspended lanterns in which oil was lit) this, as well as the conclusion of the archaeologist that the city appeared on this site no later than the 9th century, allows Novogrudok to claim the role of historical chronicle Novgorod.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} In favour of this version of localization is the fact that in the earliest annals of Novgorod called "Novgorodou", and [ou] in the end later added the letter "k" turned [ouk], so the chronicle "Novgorodou" transformed into "Novgorodouk" and was later simplified to "Novogrudok".

Locals use the older name "'''Navаgradak'''",{{Sfn|Касцюк|1996|pp=85-87}}<ref>Расійска-беларускі слоўнік / Укладальнікі: М. Байкоў, С. Некрашэвіч. — Менск: Дзяржаўнае выдавецтва Беларусі, 1928.</ref><ref>[https://www.svaboda.org/a/navahradak/30136473.html Гарады з «памылкамі» ў назвах: Навагрудак ці Навáградак?] // Радыё Свабода, Вінцук Вячорка, Ігар Карней, 30 жніўня 2019 г.</ref><ref>Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць: нарматыўны даведнік / І. А. Гапоненка і інш.; пад рэд. В. П. Лемцюговай. — Мн.: Тэхналогія, 2004. — 469 с. {{ISBN|985-458-098-9}}.</ref> especially the older people. The place of stress is recorded in the publication of the "Tribunal for the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania'" (Vilna, 1586), where it is marked in print "in Novа́gorodku".{{Sfn|Касцюк|1996|pp=85-87}}

At the time of entry into the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], the traditional Belarusian pronunciation ''Navа́gradak'', transformed into the modern name '''Novogrudok''', from Polish ''Nowogródek''.

Some historians believe that the chronicle versions of the name of the city – ''Novogorod'', ''Novgorodok'', ''Novy Gorodok'', ''Novogorodok-Litovsky'', etc. indicate that, perhaps, there was an old city center of the district – Radogoshcha.{{Sfn|Піваварчык|2003}}