Shapyalyevichy | |
Native Name: | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Flag Size: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Mogilev Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kruhlaye District |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 54.1261°N 29.5642°W |
Shapyalyevichy (be|Шапялевічы|Šapialievičy; ru|Шепелевичи|Shepelevichi) is a village in Kruhlaye District, Mogilev Region, Belarus.[1] It is located west-northwest of Mogilev, and it is administratively part of Tsyatsyeryn selsoviet.[2]
On 24 August 1654, Russian forces defeated the Poles at the Battle of Shepeleviche during the Russo-Polish War.[3]
During World War II, the village was under German military occupation from 8 July 1941 until 1944. Several dozen Jews remained at the start of the occupation. On 15 November 1941, the Jews were escorted by local police to a quarry outside the village and about 30 or 40 Jews were shot. The remaining Jews were put in a ghetto until 12 December, when they were transferred to the ghetto in Kruhlaye. They shared the same fate as the Jews there, most of whom were shot in early 1942.