Byalynichy
Byalynichy | Belynitschi | |||
Бялынічы | Белыничи | |||
( Belarus. ) | ( Russian ) | |||
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State : | Belarus | ||
Woblasz : | Mahiljou | ||
Coordinates : | 54 ° 0 ′ N , 29 ° 43 ′ E | ||
Height : | 182 m | ||
Residents : | 10,639 (2012) | ||
Time zone : | Moscow time ( UTC + 3 ) | ||
Telephone code : | (+375) 2232 | ||
Postal code : | 213055 | ||
License plate : | 6th | ||
Mayor : | Nikolai Mikhailovich Kodatenko | ||
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Bjalynitschy or Belynitschi ( Belarus. Бялынічы ; Russian Белыничи ) is a city in the northwest of the Mahiljouskaja Woblasz in Belarus . It is the administrative center of Byalynichy Raion .
The coat of arms of Bjalynitschy shows a Hodegetria .
geography
Byalynitschy is about 42 km west of Mahiljou (the capital of the Woblasz ) and about 142 km east-northeast of Minsk . It is located at about 145 km on the M4 trunk road .
The Drut River flows past Byalynichy.
history
Bjalynitschy was first mentioned in 1577 . A Carmelite monastery on site was founded in 1624. Bjalynitschy became a minority with Magdeburg rights on October 4, 1634.
From the end of the 17th century, Jewish settlers settled in Byalynitschy.
During the Second World War , the city was occupied by German troops on July 6, 1941 and liberated by the Red Army on June 29, 1944 .
Chairman of the Executive Committee or the District Board is Nikolai Mikhailovich Kodatenko (Russian: Николай Михайлович Кодатенко ), who in 2013 succeeded Aleksandr Nikolajewitsch Voronin (Russian : Александр Николаерчиконолаерч .
Population development
year | population |
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1785 | 831 |
1846 | 940 |
1939 | ~ 3.124 |
1968 | 7,300 |
1979 | 8,073 |
1989 | 10,625 |
1999 | 11,200 |
2009 | 10,688 |
2012 | 10,639 |
In January 1939, 781 Jews lived in Byalynitschy, which made up about 25% of the total population.
Historical pictures of the church and monastery
Contemporary Byalynichy
Personalities
- Dzmitryj Nabokau (* 1996), high jumper
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Yad Vashem: The Untold Stories. The Murder Sites of the Jews in the Occupied Territories of the Former USSR: Belynichi. Retrieved June 13, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d e citypopulation.de: Belarus. Retrieved June 13, 2013 .
- ↑ Population census 2009. (No longer available online.) National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, August 5, 2010, archived from the original on September 18, 2010 ; Retrieved June 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.