Smarhon (Smarhon’, Smorgon’, Smorgonie) is a town in Grodno Oblast, Belarus.

Understand

Historically Smurgoni was a private estate, at one time famous for an Academy which trained circus bears. After the railway was built in the late 19th century, Smarhon rapidly grew into an industrial town of about 37,000 inhabitants.

Get in

The town has a train station.

See

St. Michael's church.

• 1 St. Michael's Church. This church with a somewhat unusual floor plan was built in the early 17th century as a Calvinist church.