| Karelichy | |
| Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Native Name Lang: | by |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Karelichy District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Grodno Region |
| Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
| Coordinates: | 53.5667°N 34°W |
| Population Total: | 5,723 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Karelichy (be|Карэлічы|Kareličy; ru|Кореличи|Korelichi; lt|Koreličiai; pl|Korelicze; yi|קארעליץ|Korelitz) is an urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, in west-central Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Karelichy District.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 5,723.[1]
It was a possession of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later a private town of the Czartoryski and Radziwiłł families, administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2] The town was devastated by the Crimean Tatars in 1505 and Swedes in 1655.[2] In 1784, King Stanisław August Poniatowski visited the town.[2] French, Polish and Russian troops passed through the town in 1812.[2]
The town was historically a center of a large Jewish community; its population in 1900 was 1,840.[3]
In the interwar period, it was administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of Poland.
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union, and eventually annexed from Poland.