Smarhon’ (Belarusian: Смаргонь, [smarˈɣonʲ]; Russian: Сморгонь; Lithuanian: Smurgainys; Polish: Smorgonie; Yiddish: סמאָרגאָן) is a city in the Grodno Region of Belarus. It was the site of Smarhon’ air base, now mostly abandoned. Smarhon’ is located 107 km from the capital, Minsk. In the early 17th century it was established in Poland but in 1793 passed on from Poland to Russia as part of the Russian Pale of Settlement. Until the mid 19th century, Smarhon’ was a private property of the princes of Radziwill with most of its population being Jewish. Shortly after World War I until World War II Smarhon’ was part of the independent Poland.