Smilavichy Explained

Smilavichy
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Urban-type settlement
Flag Size:150px
Pushpin Map:Belarus
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Minsk Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Chervyen District
Population As Of:2024
Population Total:6,586
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:53.7483°N 28.0092°W

Smilavichy (Belarusian: Смілавічы|Smilavičy; Russian: Смиловичи|Smilovichi; Polish: Śmiłowicze; Yiddish: סמילאָוויץ|Smilovitz) is an urban-type settlement in Chervyen District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[1] [2] As of 2024, it has a population of 6,586.[3]

In Jewish tradition it is known as Smilovitz, and was a shtetl in the Russian Empire.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gaponenko . Irina Olegovna . Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць . 2003 . Minsk . Тэхналогія . 492 . 985-458-054-7.
  2. http://www.smilovichi.info Smilovichi online
  3. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 29 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Identity Formation among the Belarusian Tatars in the Context of Belarus’s Transition to Independence, 1991-1992 . 23 February 2022.