Parychy

Parychy

Парычы (Belarusian)
Паричи (Russian)
Parychy Парычы (Belarusian); Паричи (Russian)
Urban-type settlement
	Parychy
	Coordinates: 52°48′10″N 29°25′09″E / 52.80278°N 29.41917°E / 52.80278; 29.41917
Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
District	Svyetlahorsk District
First mentioned	1639
Population (2023)
• Total	1,839
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Area code	+375-2342

Parychy (Belarusian: Парычы, romanized: Paryčy;^[a] Russian: Паричи, romanized: Parichi) is an urban-type settlement in Svyetlahorsk District, Gomel Region, Belarus.^[1] It serves as the administrative center of Parychy selsoviet. As of 2023, it has a population of 1,839.^[1]

Geography

Parychy is situated on the Berezina River, some 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-west of Svyetlahorsk, 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of Babruysk and 114 kilometres (71 mi) north-west of Gomel.

History

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.

Notes

^ Official transliteration.

References

^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

Settlement website

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[2] Official transliteration.

[pop-1] "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.