The article describes the town of Mstislavl in Belarus, founded as early as 1180. The text gives an account of the town's history, including its connection with Poland, i.e. the founding of a church and college by Sigismund III and a second church for the Carmelites, which was endowed by Jakub Karol Madaliński (Source: Tygodnik Illustrowany, Warsaw 1872, Series 2, T:10, p. 110, after: Digital Library of the University of Łódź).