realists rely on the first written mention. it dates back to 1470, when the owner of the town, mikhail nachovichh of st. jacob and the archangel michael on the mountain above the pond, like many medieval religious buildings in belarus, he did not manage to survive to this day, and these are the ruins of an ancient church, do not think that this is me , the heyday of zelva is associated with the magnate family of sapek, they owned it at first. until the end of the 19th century. thanks to the sapiehas, in 1720 the settlement received the right to large-scale auctions, which became the second largest in europe after leipzig. horse. this is a symbol of the city of zelva, it is even depicted on the coat of arms, and it is no coincidence, the fact is that in these places in the 16th century, the largest in the grand duchy of lithuania, the anin fair, was held, where horses were mainly traded, although you could buy horses in local shops almost everything, from hemp and cotton to silks, porcelain, crystal and mirrors, swiss cheeses, tea, coffee, exotic fruits, there would be enough money, but they shou