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Smilavichy

Coordinates: 53°44′54″N 28°00′33″E / 53.74833°N 28.00917°E / 53.74833; 28.00917
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Smilavichy
Смілавічы (Belarusian)
Смиловичи (Russian)
Smilavichy is located in Belarus
Smilavichy
Smilavichy
Coordinates: 53°44′54″N 28°00′33″E / 53.74833°N 28.00917°E / 53.74833; 28.00917
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictChervyen District
Population
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 • Total6,586
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Saint George's Church, Smilavichy

Smilavichy (Belarusian: Смілавічы, romanizedSmilavičy;[a] Russian: Смиловичи, romanizedSmilovichi; Polish: Śmiłowicze; Yiddish: סמילאָוויץ, romanizedSmilovitz) is an urban-type settlement in Chervyen District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[2][3] As of 2024, it has a population of 6,586.[1]

In Jewish tradition it is known as Smilovitz, and was a shtetl in the Russian Empire.

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  1. ^ a b "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 492. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
  3. ^ Smilovichi online (in Russian)
  4. ^ "Identity Formation among the Belarusian Tatars in the Context of Belarus's Transition to Independence, 1991-1992". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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