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Machulishchy ( be, Мачулішчы, russian: Мачулищи, pl, Moczuliszcze) is a municipality and town in Belarus, in the Minsk Region, and is part of the Minsk District. Its population, as of 2010, was of 7,300.2010 statistics of Belarus
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Belstat National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (official abbreviation — Belstat; be, Нацыянальны статыстычны камітэт Рэспублікі Беларусь; russian: Национальный статист ...
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History

The town was first mentioned in 1590. In 1997 it received the status of "urban-type settlement" (Городской посёлок).


Geography

Situated in southern suburb of Minsk, Machulishi is part of its urban area and one of its main towns also with Zaslawye and
Fanipal Fanipal ( be, Фа́ніпаль, Fanipaĺ; russian: Фа́ниполь, Fanipol; pl, Fanipal; lt, Fanipalis), is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus. Fanipal is located in Dzyarzhynsk District, southwest of Minsk and southwest of the Min ...
. It is served by a railway station on the Minsk- Babruysk- Gomel and by the M1 highway. A major Soviet air base (
Machulishchy (air base) Machulishchy is an air base of the Belarusian Air Force, Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus located in Machulishchy, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is home to the 50th Composite Air Base, flying Antonov An-26s, Ilyushin Il-76MD ...
) operated adjacent to the west side of the town during the
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Gallery

File:Machulishchy station.jpg, Railway station Mačuliščy (Minsk district) p04.jpg, Multi-storeyed buildings File:Machulischi obelisk.jpg, Memorial obelisk devoted to World War II veterans File:Mačuliščy (Minsk district) p26.jpg, House of culture Mačuliščy (Minsk district) p10.jpg, Older buildings


References


External links


Machulishchy official website
{{Minsk Raion Urban-type settlements in Belarus Populated places in Minsk Region Minsk District Populated places established in 1590 Minsk Voivodeship Minsk Governorate