# Masty, Belarus

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Town in Grodno Region, Belarus

Masty Масты (Belarusian) Мосты (Russian) Мosty Town Flag Coat of arms Masty Coordinates: 53°25′1.2″N 24°33′0″E / 53.417000°N 24.55000°E / 53.417000; 24.55000 Country Belarus Region Grodno Region District Masty District Population (2025)[1] • Total 14,239 Time zone UTC+3 (MSK) Postal code 231591 Area code +375 1515 Car plates 4

**Masty** or **Mosty**[a] is a town in [Grodno Region](/source/Grodno_Region), [Belarus](/source/Belarus). It serves as the administrative centre of [Masty District](/source/Masty_District).[1] As of 2025, it has a population of 14,239.[1]

## History

Railway station in the interwar period

Within the [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania), Masty was part of [Trakai Voivodeship](/source/Trakai_Voivodeship). It was located on a trade route connecting [Grodno](/source/Grodno) and [Slonim](/source/Slonim).[2] In 1539, Queen consort of Poland [Bona Sforza](/source/Bona_Sforza) founded the Saint John the Baptist church.[2] In 1795, Masty was acquired by the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) as a result of the [Third Partition of Poland](/source/Third_Partition_of_Poland).

From 1921 until 1939, Mosty, as it was known in Polish, was part of the [Second Polish Republic](/source/Second_Polish_Republic), within which it was administratively located in the Grodno County in the [Białystok Voivodeship](/source/Bia%C5%82ystok_Voivodeship_(1919%E2%80%931939)). In the 1921 census, the entire population declared [Polish](/source/Polish_people) nationality, of which 88.4% were Catholics and 11.3% were of Jewish faith.[3]

At the start of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), in September 1939, the town was [occupied by the Red Army](/source/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland) and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the [Byelorussian SSR](/source/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic). From 25 June 1941 until 13 July 1944, Masty was [occupied by Nazi Germany](/source/German_occupation_of_Byelorussia_during_World_War_II) and administered as a part of [Bezirk Bialystok](/source/Bezirk_Bialystok).

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Масты; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Мосты; [Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Mosty*.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pop_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pop_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pop_1-2) ["Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250329210112/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/). *belsat.gov.by*. Archived from [the original](https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/) on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sgk_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sgk_3-1) *Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI* (in Polish). Warszawa. 1885. p. 714.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom V* (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 39.

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