| Kopys | |
| Native Name: | Копысь |
| Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
| Total Type: | |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vitebsk Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Orsha District |
| Coordinates: | 54.3278°N 30.3014°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 628 |
| Area Code: | +375 216 |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Kopys (Belarusian: Копысь; Russian: Копысь, pronounced as /ru/; Polish: Kopyś; Yiddish: קאָפּוסט|Kopust) is an urban-type settlement in Orsha District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus.[1] As of 2023, it has a population of 628.[1]
The first references to Kopys are dated at 1059. From the 14th century, it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently the Polish–Lithuanian Union after the Union of Krewo (1385). Administratively, it was part of the Vitebsk Voivodeship. It was granted town rights in the 16th century. It was a private town owned by the Ostrogski family and, after 1594, the Radziwiłł family.[2] A castle stood in the town of Kopys and a Calvinist church was founded by Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł.[2] During the Great Northern War, in 1707, Kopys was destroyed by Russian troops. In 1772, it became a part of the Russian Empire in the course of the First Partition of Poland.
The Kapust Hasidic dynasty originates in Kopys. By the end of the 18th century, there was a Jewish typography in the town.