Ivianiec

Also known as Iwieniec, Iwienjec, Ivjanec

Ivyanyets or Ivenets is an urban-type settlement in Valozhyn District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located west of Minsk. In 2017, its population was 4,206. As of 2025, it has a population of 3,805.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ivyanyets
Settlement.settlement_type: Urban-type settlement
Settlement.image_skyline: Ivenets Center.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ivyanyets town center
Settlement.image_shield: BIA Iwieniec COA.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.pushpin_label: Ivyanyets
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Minsk Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District

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History
Lithuanian-Polish rule
Russian rule
Byelorussian SSR and Polish rule
World War II
Demographics
Notable people
Gallery
Notes
References
Sources
External links

Ivyanyets or Ivenets is an urban-type settlement in Valozhyn District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located west of Minsk. In 2017, its population was 4,206. As of 2025, it has a population of 3,805.

Ivyanyets is best known as the birthplace of Felix Dzerzhinsky, a Bolshevik revolutionary.