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Village in Minsk Region, Belarus Village in Minsk Region, Belarus
Lyeskawka Лескаўка (Belarusian)
Лесковка (Russian)
Village
Lyeskawka is located in BelarusLyeskawkaLyeskawka
Coordinates: 54°00′09″N 27°42′42″E / 54.00250°N 27.71167°E / 54.00250; 27.71167
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictMinsk District
Population
 • Total1,643
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Lyeskawka (Belarusian: Лескаўка, romanized: Lieskaŭka; Russian: Лесковка, romanized: Leskovka) is a village in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Barawlyany selsoviet. It is located about eight kilometres (5.0 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, north of the capital Minsk. In 2010, it had a population of 1,643.

History

In 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Lyeskawka with the neighboring settlements of Barawlyany, Lyasny, and Vopytny into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned.

References

  1. ^ Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя. Т. 8: Мінская вобласць, кн. 3. Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі. 2012. p. 419. ISBN 978-985-11-0636-9.
  2. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 301. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
  3. "«Сначала нужно поднять соцстандарты на уровень городских». Что там со статусом города для Боровлян". onliner.by (in Russian). 27 April 2022.
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