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Rahachow

Rahachow
Рагачоў (Belarusian)
Рогачёв (Russian)
Rogachev
Town
Flag of Rahachow
Flag
Coat of arms of Rahachow
Coat of arms
Rahachow is located in Belarus
Rahachow
Rahachow
Coordinates: 53°6′N 30°3′E / 53.100°N 30.050°E / 53.100; 30.050
CountryBelarus
RegionGomel Region
DistrictRahachow District
Founded1142
Area
 • Total
18.06 km2 (6.97 sq mi)
Elevation
136 m (446 ft)
Population
 (2025)[1]
 • Total
31,490
 • Density1,744/km2 (4,516/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
247250
Area code+375 2339
Licence plate3
WebsiteOfficial website (in Russian)

Rahachow or Rogachev (Belarusian: Рагачоў, romanized: Ragachow, IPA: [raɣaˈtʂou̯]; Russian: Рогачёв, romanized: Rogachjov; Polish: Rohaczów; Yiddish: ראגאטשאוו, IPA: [ragat͡ʃov]) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Rahachow District.[1] Rahachow is located between the Drut and Dnieper rivers. As of 2025, it has a population of 31,490.[1]

Rahachow has a popular dairy product factory, whose products are supplied across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

History

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Early-20th-century view of the castle

The town is first mentioned in 1142 in Rus' chronicles.[2] From the thirteenth century it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania,[3] and then the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. During the Lithuanian–Muscovite War of 1487–1494, it was captured and destroyed by Muscovite forces in 1492.[3] From the 16th century it was a royal town, administratively located in the Rzeczyca County in the Minsk Voivodeship.[3] The development of the town was hindered in the 17th century by Cossack and Russian raids, yet it was considered one of the regional centers of trade, intellectual life and manufacturing.[3] Local starosts included members of the Strawiński, Sapieha, Bykowski, Judycki, Ogiński, Nieroszyński and Pociej noble families.[3] At the beginning of the reign of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, the sejmiks (local councils) of the Rzeczyca County were temporarily moved to Rohaczów from Rzeczyca.[3]

In the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the town was annexed by the Russian Empire.[3] In 1777, it became the seat of the Rogachev Uezd within the Mogilev Governorate.[3] In 1781, the coat of arms was granted.[3] On 16 July 1863 the local landowner Tomasz Hryniewicz was executed here by a Russian firing squad for leading the Rahachow detachment of Polish insurgents.

During World War II, Rahachow was occupied by the German Army from 2 July 1941 to 13 July 1941, and again from 14 August 1941 to 24 February 1944.

Railway station

Sights

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  • Church of St. Anthony of Padua
  • Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky
  • "Castle Hill" - a hill on which the castle of Queen Bona was located
  • Monument to the founding of the city in the center of the "Castle Hill" with the inscription "From here the city of Rogachev went in the summer of 1142."
  • Jewish Cemetery in Rahachow
  • The building of the former zemstvo council
  • House of merchant Belenky
  • Eco-Museum "Belarusian Lyalka"
  • Museum of Popular Glory
  • House of Uladzimir Karatkievich's grandfather
  • Monument to condensed milk
  • Rahachow booms[clarification needed]
  • Icon of the Mother of God with four hands
  • Three family tombs - Greshnerov, Iolshinov, Verzheisky
  • Memorial to the leader of the national liberation uprising of 1863 Tomas Grinevich

Notable people

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  • Sergei Bautin (1967–2022), ice hockey player
  • Leonid Balashevich, doctor of Medical Sciences, one of the authors of studies on the use of lasers in ophthalmology
  • Solomon Bruk, soviet ethnographer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, professor, USSR State Prize laureate, Honored Scientist of Russia, pioneer of ethnodemography and ethnic cartography in the USSR
  • Alexander Ginzburg, cinematographer and director, Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR and the RSFSR, one of the best Soviet films of the 1930s-1950s
  • Nikolai Gorbachev, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of Belarus. 20th Olympic Champion in canoeing and kayaking
  • Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan (1902–1980), artist
  • Andrei Makayonok, belarusian writer and playwright. People's Writer of the BSSR
  • Ivan Oleshkevich, Honored Doctor of the BSSR, Honored Scientist of the BSSR, Doctor of Medical Sciences, author of 106 scientific papers on various fields of surgery
  • Yulian Pshirkov, belarusian literary scholar and critic, researcher of the origins and development of Belarusian fiction, Doctor of Philology, Honored Scientist of the BSSR
  • Joseph Rosen (1858–1936), rabbi
  • Konstantin Sannikov, belarusian Soviet director, actor, People's Artist of the BSSR, laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and the BSSR, one of the founders of the Belarusian State Theater
  • Alexander Sukalo, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Belarus, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus, one of the leading researchers in the field of pediatric nephrology and renal replacement therapy in Belarus
  • Lyudmila Shagalova, actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR
  • Vladimir Shantarovich, honored Coach of Belarus, head coach of the Belarusian national team canoeing and kayaking

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. ^ Dimnik, Martin (12 June 2003). The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146–1246. Cambridge University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-139-43684-7.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. IX. Warszawa. 1888. pp. 687–688.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "They were born in Rogachev region". rogachev.gov.by.
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