Klichaw ( be, Клічаў; russian: Кличев, Klichev; pl, Kliczew) is a town in
Mogilev Region
Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), is a region (''oblast'' ...
,
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
. It is located in the southwest of the region and serves as the administrative center of
Klichaw District. As of 2009, its population was 7,521.
History
Klichaw is known since 1592. At the time it was a village, Klichevo, which belonged to
Vitebsk Voivodeship
Vitebsk Voivodeship ( be, Віцебскае ваяводзтва, pl, Województwo witebskie, la, Palatinatus Vitebsciensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 Polish–Lithu ...
.
In September 1772, as a result of the
First Partition of Poland, the town was transferred to the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
and became a part of
Minsk Governorate
The Minsk Governorate (russian: Минская губерния, Belarusian: ) or Government of Minsk was a governorate ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Minsk. It was created in 1793 from the land acquired in the partitio ...
. On July 17, 1924 the governorate was abolished as well, and Klichaw became the administrative center of Klichaw Raion, which belonged to
Bobruysk Okrug of
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. On January 15, 1938 the raion was transferred to Mogilev Region.
In 1938, Klichaw was granted an urban-type settlement status.
During the Second World War, the town was occupied by German troops. On October 14 1941, the Germans took all of Klichaw's Jews to the edge of the woods near Poplavy. There, they shot them. Later, however, Klichaw raion became one of the centers of the
partisan activity. In March 1942, the settlement went under complete control of partisans, and later they even opened Klichaw airport for flights. In 1944, the German troops were moved west of Klichaw, and on September 20, 1944 the settlement was included into newly established
Bobruysk Oblast, which was abolished in 1954. Klichaw then was returned to Mogilev Oblast.
In 2000, it was granted a town status.
Economy
Industry
In Klichaw, there are enterprises of food and timber industries.
Transportation
Klichaw is connected by highways with
Mogilev
Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...
,
Babruysk
Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...
, and
Berazino
Byerazino ( be, Беразіно́, Bierazino), or Berezino (russian: Березино́, pl, Berezyna, lt, Berezinas), also known as Biarezan (Бярэзань, yi, בערעזין, Berezin), is a town on the Berezina River in Minsk Region o ...
. The closest railway station is
Neseta on the railroad connecting Mogilev and
Asipovichy
Asipovichy ( be, Асiповiчы; Łacinka: Asipovičy, pl, Osipowicze) or Osipovichi (russian: Осипо́вичи) is a town in Mahilyow Oblast, Belarus, located 136 km southwest of Mahilyow, 3 km south of the Minsk-Homyel expresswa ...
, several kilometers northwest of Klichaw.
Culture and recreation
In Klichaw, there is a Jewish cemetery. The Annunciation Church was built in the 1990s.
References
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Towns in Belarus
Populated places in Mogilev Region
Klichaw District
Igumensky Uyezd