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Karelichy Карэлічы (Belarusian)
Urban-type settlement
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KarelichyLocation of Karelichy in Belarus
Coordinates: 53°34′N 26°08′E / 53.567°N 26.133°E / 53.567; 26.133
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
District	Karelichy District
Population
• Total	5,723
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Karelichy (Belarusian: Карэлічы, romanized: Kareličy; Russian: Кореличи, romanized: Korelichi; Lithuanian: Koreličiai; Polish: Korelicze; Yiddish: קארעליץ, romanized: Korelitz) is an urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, in west-central Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Karelichy District. As of 2024, it has a population of 5,723.

History

It was a possession of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later a private town of the Czartoryski and Radziwiłł families, administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The town was devastated by the Crimean Tatars in 1505 and Swedes in 1655. In 1784, King Stanisław August Poniatowski visited the town. French, Polish and Russian troops passed through the town in 1812.

The town was historically a center of a large Jewish community; its population in 1900 was 1,840.

In the interwar period, it was administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of Poland.

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union, and eventually annexed from Poland.

Notable people

• Ignacy Domeyko (from Niedźwiadka village in Karelichy district)
• Itzhak Katzenelson
• Karelitz family, Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, Nissim Karelitz
• Saul Adler

See also

• Mir Castle Complex
• Mir, Belarus

References

1. ^ "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 13 May 2024.
2. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. pp. 400–401.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. JewishGen.org

External links

• Photos on Radzima.org

v t e Subdivisions of Grodno Region, Belarus
Districts (raiony)	Ashmyany Astravyets Byerastavitsa Dzyatlava Grodno Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Shchuchyn Slonim Smarhon Svislach Vawkavysk Voranava Zelva
District centres	Grodno Astravyets Ashmyany Dzyatlava Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Slonim Smarhon Shchuchyn Svislach Vawkavysk Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa Voranava Zelva
Cities and towns	Grodno Astravyets Ashmyany Bruzgi Byarozawka Dzyatlava Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Skidzyel' Slonim Smarhon Shchuchyn Svislach Vawkavysk Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa

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