Chysts | |
Native Name: | |
Other Name: | Chist |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Minsk Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Maladzyechna District |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1955 |
Population: | 5,422 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Coordinates: | 54.2683°N 27.1089°W |
Chysts or Chist (Belarusian: Чысць|Čysć; Russian: Чисть) is a settlement in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Chysts selsoviet.[1] The population is 5,422 (2010 estimate).
Chysts was founded in 1955 as a work settlement attached to the local peat mining factory, which was active until 1980s, before the peat run out. Since late 1980s the town is primarily known as a location of Zabudova, one of the biggest building material manufacturings in Belarus.[2] [3]