Parychy | |
Native Name: | |
Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Gomel Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Svyetlahorsk District |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1639 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,818 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 52.8028°N 29.4192°W |
Postal Code: | 247413 |
Area Code: | +375-2342 |
Parychy (be|Парычы|Paryčy; ru|Паричи|Parichi) is an urban-type settlement in Svyetlahorsk District, Gomel Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Parychy selsoviet. As of 2024, it has a population of 1,818.[1]
Parychy is situated on the Berezina River, some north-west of Svyetlahorsk, south-east of Babruysk and north-west of Gomel.
The village became part of the Russian Empire after the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
The settlement was captured by the Wehrmacht on 5 July 1941, and the important Jewish community, some 1,700 people, was exterminated in the following years. The settlement was liberated on 26 June 1944, during the Bobruysk offensive.