Puchavičy ( be, Пухавічы, ''Puchavičy'' pl, Puchowicze, russian: Пухавичи ''Pukhavichi'') is a village in

Puchavičy District Pukhavichy District (Pukhavichsky Rajon) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the east of Minsk Voblast. The capital of the town is Marjina Horka. Geography ;Main settlements *Marjina Horka Marjina Horka or Maryina ...

Minsk Voblast Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, ...

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Puchavičy Selsoviet Pukhavichy (Puchavičy, Pukhovichi) may refer to: * Pukhavichy, Minsk Region, an agrotown in Belarus * Pukhavichy, Gomel Region, a village in Belarus {{Geodis ...

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Puchavičy Rural District Pukhavichy (Puchavičy, Pukhovichi) may refer to: * Pukhavichy, Minsk Region, an agrotown in Belarus * Pukhavichy, Gomel Region, a village in Belarus {{Geodis ...

History

In December 1926, 929 Jews lived in the village, 43 percent of the total population. The Germans occupied the town at the end of June 1941. The Jewish population were murdered in 1941.http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=495 The murder of the Jews of Pukhavichy] during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

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Notable residents

Anatol Volny Anatol' Volny (left) and Mihas' Charot {{Expand Belarusian, Анатоль Вольны, date=June 2017 Biography From the family of a civil servant. In 1911, he entered the Abbot's Gymnasium, received secondary education. He graduated from the ...

- was a Belarusian artist, poet, writer and journalist. Villages in Belarus Holocaust locations in Belarus Puchavičy (Minsk Region) {{Belarus-geo-stub