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Kopys (Russian: Копысь, [ˈkopɨsʲ]) (Belarusian: Копысь, [ˈkopɨsʲ], Polish: Kopyś, Yiddish: קאָפּוסט) is an town in the Orsha Raion, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. First references are dated by 1059.
Map of Kopy%C5%9B, Belarus
It is the birthplace of Belarus' current president Alexander Lukashenko.
The Kapust Hasidic dynasty originates in Kopys. By the end of the 18th century there was a Jewish typography in Kopys.
A castle stood in the town of Kopys.
References
Kopys Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA