Kachychy (Belarusian: Качычы, romanized: Kačyčy; Russian: Качичи, romanized: Kachichi; Polish: Kaczyce) is a village in Karelichy District, Grodno Region, Belarus. Since 2007, it has been part of Malyushychy selsoviet;[1] previously it was under district administration.[2]
Kachychy
Качычы (Belarusian) | |
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Village | |
  Kachychy | |
| Coordinates: 53°32′56″N 26°06′34″E / 53.54889°N 26.10944°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| District | Karelichy District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
History
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In the interwar period, the village was situated in the Karelichy Commune in Nowogródek County of the Nowogródek Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic. After the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, the village became part of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. In the years 1941–1944, it was under German occupation. Then the village was again part of the Byelorussian SSR. From 1991, it became part of the Republic of Belarus.
Battle of Rowiny
editIn January 1945, the battle of Rowiny between the Home Army and the NKVD internal troops took place in this area. 89 Poles, soldiers of the "Tur" and "Grom" units of the Self-Defense of the Vilnius Land were killed. They were buried near Kachychy. In October 2021, the tombstone was devastated, and in July 2022 it was destroyed by the Belarusian authorities.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Решение Гродненского областного Совета депутатов от 28.12.2007 г. № 56 «О решении вопросов административно-территориального устройства Кореличского района»" (PDF). pravo.by.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 242. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
- ^ "Na Białorusi niszczą groby żołnierzy AK. Kolejne cmentarze usunięte". 8 July 2022.