Klimawitschy

Klimawitschy | Klimovichi
Клімавічы | Климовичи
( Belarus. ) | ( Russian )
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State :	Belarus
Woblasz :	Mahiljou
Coordinates :	53 ° 37 ′  N , 31 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 37 ′  N , 31 ° 57 ′  E
Residents :	17,064 (2009)
Time zone :	Moscow time ( UTC + 3 )
Klimawitschy

Klimawitschy or Klimowitschi ( Belarusian Клімавічы , Russian Климовичи / Klimowitschi ) is a city in the east of Belarus in Mahiljouskaja Woblasz and the administrative center of the Rajon Klimawitschy . The border with Russia runs north, 20 km away.

Population development

• 1989: 16,520 (census)
• 2007: 14,726 (calculation)

sons and daughters of the town

• Anton Pewsner (1884–1962), Russian painter, sculptor, and a Constructivist artist
• Leanid Karnijenka (* 1987), Belarusian cross-country skier
• Kryszina Zimanouskaja (* 1996), Belarusian sprinter