Smilavičy

Smilavichy

Smilavichy

Urban-type settlement in Minsk Region, Belarus

Smilavichy[lower-alpha 1] (Belarusian: Смілавічы, romanized: Smilavičy;[lower-alpha 2] Russian: Смиловичи, romanized: Smilovichi; Polish: Śmiłowicze; Yiddish: סמילאָוויץ, romanized: Smilovitz) is an urban-type settlement in Chervyen District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[2][3] As of 2023, it has a population of 6,325.[1]

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Saint George's Church, Smilavichy

In Jewish tradition it is known as Smilovitz, and was a shtetl in the Russian Empire.

The village is the birthplace of the renowned painter Chaïm Soutine.

Notes

  1. BGN/PCGN romanization.
  2. Official transliteration.

References

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  1. [1]
    "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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    Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 492. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
  3. [3]
    Smilovichi online (in Russian)
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