Kalodzishchy | |
Native Name: | |
Settlement Type: | Agrotown |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Minsk Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Minsk District |
Population Total: | 19,898 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Coordinates: | 53.9508°N 27.7861°W |
Kalodzishchy (Belarusian: Калодзішчы|Kalodziščy; Russian: Колодишчи|Kolodishchi) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[2] It serves as the administrative center of Kalodzishchy selsoviet.[2] [3] As of 2023, it has a population of 19,898.[1]
Kołodziszcze, as it was known in Polish, was a zaścianek.[4] Following the Second Partition of Poland (1793), it was annexed by Russia.
On 31 October 2023, an explosion was reported at a military base near Kalodzishchy. The Ministry of Defence claimed that the explosion had been deliberately orchestrated.[5]