| Official Name: | Svir |
| Native Name Lang: | be |
| Other Name: | Lithuanian: Svieriai |
| Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Minsk Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Myadzyel District |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 13th century |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 974 |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 54.8167°N 50°W |
| Elevation M: | 153 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 222387 |
Svir (Belarusian: Сьвір; Russian: Свирь; Lithuanian: Svieriai; Polish: Świr) is an urban-type settlement in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[1] [2] [3] [4] As of 2023, it has a population of 974.[1]
It is believed to have been founded in the 13th century by the Lithuanian duke Daumantas and was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.[2]
The mound in the town has remains of fortifications from the 14th to 16th centuries.[2]
In the 18th to 19th centuries, the Lithuanians in Svir and its vicinities were Slavicized.[2]