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 (22,500) * Svislač ( ...

, Minsk Voblast, Belarus, capital of Puchavičy Selsoviet ( Puchavičy Rural District).

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