Kalodzishchy
Kalodzishchy (Belarusian: Калодзішчы, romanized: Kalodziščy; Russian: Колодишчи, romanized: Kolodishchi) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Kalodzishchy selsoviet. As of 2023, it has a population of 19,898.
History
Kołodziszcze, as it was known in Polish, was a zaścianek. Following the Second Partition of Poland (1793), it was annexed by Russia.
On 31 October 2023, an explosion was reported at a military base near Kalodzishchy. The Ministry of Defence claimed that the explosion had been deliberately orchestrated.
References
- ^ "Население агрогородка Колодищи приблизилось к 20 тысячам человек". kolodischi.by (in Russian).
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2010). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 305. ISBN 978-985-458-054-8.
- ^ "Минский районный исполнительный комитет - Колодищанский сельсовет". mrik.gov.by (in Russian).
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 281.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Мінабароны Беларусі патлумачыла выбухі пад Мінскам | Навіны Беларусі | euroradio.fm". euroradio.fm (in Belarusian). 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
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