Loyew ( be, Ло́еў, Łojeŭ, ; pl, Łojów, russian: Лоев) or Loyev (russian: Ло́ев), ; is a town in the Belarusian province of

Homiel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the ori ...

and the administrative centre of

Loyew Raion Loyew District or Lójeŭski Rajon ( be, Лоеўскі раён, translit=Lojeŭski rajon; russian: Лоевский район, translit=Loyevsky rayon) is a district (''raion'') of Belarus located in the Gomel Region. Its administrative center ...

. The population is 6,698 (2018). The settlement is located along the right coast of the Dnieper River at its confluence with the Sozh. Loyew arose on the site of an ancient settlement of the

Dregoviches The Dregoviches or Dregovichi ( Belarusian: дрыгавічы, ''dryhavičy'', ; russian: дреговичи, dregovichi; ua, дреговичі, drehovychi) were one of the tribal unions of Early East Slavs, and inhabited the territories ...

within Principality of Chernigov. The settlement was situated on the route from the Varangians to the Greeks. The first mention of the Loyew goes back to 1505 and it was known as Loyewa Hara (Loyew Hill). The name is probably derived from the Abkhaz-Adyghe surname Loo. The town is known for the Battle of Loyew of July 31, 1649 during the

Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian language, Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніц ...

. After the division of the

Rzecz Pospolita () is the official name of Poland and a traditional name for some of its predecessor states. It is a compound of "thing, matter" and "common", a calque of Latin ''rés pública'' ( "thing" + "public, common"), i.e. ''republic'', in Engli ...

in 1793, it became a part of the Russian Empire. According to the results of the census held in 1897 the town had 4,667 inhabitants, among them 2150 Jews. There were 251 farms, 9 mills, 24 shops, 1 school, 1 post-office, 2 orthodox churches, 1 catholic church and 1 synagogue. left, 200px, the former merchant house, 19th century In December 1926 Loyew was included in the

Belarusian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

and became the center of a raion. In 1938 it was granted the status of a city. In 1941–1943, the city lost nearly 1,500 inhabitants. In 1962-1966 it was placed in the

Rečyca Raion Rechytsa District, Rečycki Raion ( be, Рэчыцкі раён) is a district in Gomel Region, Belarus. Its administrative center is Rechytsa , nickname = , image_skyline = Rzeczyca (BY) plac.JPG , image_size = , ima ...

. In the city there are building materials and dairy factories, a pedagogical school and musical school, a house of culture, and some libraries. There is The Church of the Holy Trinity in Loyew.

References

External links

Informational portal "Loeuski kraj"

Urban-type settlements in Belarus Populated places in Gomel Region Loyew District Belarus–Ukraine border crossings Populated places on the Dnieper in Belarus {{Belarus-geo-stub