Asipovichy
Asipovichy
Асіповічы ( Town | |
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UTC+3 (MSK) | |
Postal code | 213759-213761, 213763-213765 |
Area code | +375 2235 |
License plate | 6 |
Website | Official website (in English) |
Asipovichy or Osipovichi (Belarusian: Асiповiчы, romanized: Asipovičy;[a] Russian: Осиповичи; Polish: Osipowicze) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Asipovichy District.[1] It is located 136 kilometres (85 mi) southwest of Mogilev, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the Minsk-Gomel expressway. It is located at the junction of railway lines between Minsk, Gomel, Mogilev, and Baranavichy. In 2020, its population was 29,900.[2] As of 2024, it has a population of 29,103.[1]
The active industries of Asipovichy include machine building, building materials, food production, and light and
History
A village existed on the site of the modern town during the 18th century, which in 1787 had seventeen dwellings as part of the Protasevichi
A railway sleeper plant was founded in 1900 and in the early 20th century the village turned into an urban settlement with a bakery, workshops for the manufacture and repair of sled wheels and agricultural implements. There were more than 1,000 inhabitants in 1904, and in the
A pharmacy was opened in 1921 and telegraph restored, two schools, a railway club were opened, and a library followed the next year. Asipovichy became the volost center in January 1922. A power plant was put into operation in 1922 and the Red Chemist tar factory the next year. The People's House and Hospital was opened in 1924, and two clinics in 1925. The locomotive depot, sawmills, mill, and crafts workshops were restored, and a beekeeping cooperative was founded in 1925. A weather station was founded in 1926, and radio came to the town in 1925. By 1926 there were 3,504 inhabitants in the urban settlement, 616 in the village, and 141 at the station. During collectivization a machine tractor station was established in 1931 and an agricultural machinery repair workshop followed in 1932. From Asapovichy, a district newspaper began publishing and the Red Lumberjack newspaper targeted at loggers was published in 1934. Asapovichy received city status on 15 July 1935, and a secondary school, maternity hospital, and public bathhouse were built. In 1940 the town had grown to 14,000 inhabitants.[3]
The town came under German occupation during World War II on 30 June 1941. Soviet partisans were active in the region during the war, undertaking sabotage against the railway junction and burning down the creamery. The town was liberated by the Red Army and local partisans on 30 June 1944.[3]
In early 1944, the town was transferred to the administration of Bobruysk Region, reverting back to the Mogilev Region in 1954. Soon after liberation, the town was rebuilt – the forestry enterprise, mill, creamery and the artels Red Chemist, Progress, and Social Work were restored, telephone and telegraph services resumed. The radio station began broadcasting and the depot and railway station were rebuilt. During the postwar years, enterprises were reconstructed and expanded and new ones established. A reservoir and associated hydroelectric power station were built near the town in 1953. Its population had grown to 15,777 by 1959. Industry in the town expanded significantly by 1990 with a roofing plant, reinforced concrete, industrial plant, forest products, automobile assembly, bread products, household services, creamery, stationery, and concentrates factories.[3]
In 2006, there were enterprises of mechanical engineering and metalworking, construction materials, and the food industry. There was a professional lyceum, a Belarusian gymnasium school, four secondary schools, a special boarding school, a children's and youth sports and music school, an art school, 12 children's preschools, and a center for correctional and developmental training and rehabilitation. There was a district Cultural Center, 5 libraries, a center for children and youth, a club for children and youth tourism and local lore, a district center of folk crafts, 2 hospitals, a clinic and pharmacies, and district service centers. The city has 2 hotels, 2 public houses, a factory of consumer services, 2 points of collective use, a computer club, driving schools and DTSAAF clubs, stadiums, gyms and sports complex grounds, restaurants, cafes, the city market, 5 post offices and others. Attractions include the Asipovichy Museum of History and Local Lore, Mass graves of Soviet soldiers and guerrillas who died in the Great Patriotic War, graves of victims of fascism. Liberation Monument, and the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.[3]
Military
The Yuzhny (South) military base is located on the southeastern outskirts of the town on ulitsa Rabochye-Krestyanskaya (street). The base is home to the 51st Guards Artillery Brigade, 336th Rocket Artillery Brigade, and the 465th Missile Brigade.[4] In 2017 the 51st Guards Artillery Brigade marked 25 years located in the town.[5] A now-closed military base known as Severny (North) was also located on the northern outskirts.[6]
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1897 | 500 | — |
1939 | 13,723[7] | +2644.6% |
1959 | 15,777[8] | +15.0% |
1970 | 19,705[9] | +24.9% |
1979 | 27,409[10] | +39.1% |
1989 | 33,808[11] | +23.3% |
1995 | 35,200 | +4.1% |
2001 | 35,466 | +0.8% |
2006 | 33,550 | −5.4% |
2018 | 31,129 | −7.2% |
2020 | 29,900 | −3.9% |
Notable residents
Notes
References
- ^ a b c "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 April 2024.
- ^ "Just a moment" Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская. Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь.
- ^ a b c d e f Lakotka 2008, pp. 78–82.
- ^ Golod, Igor (31 October 2018). "Столица артиллерии" [Artillery capital]. Minsky kuryer (in Russian). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Taleyko, Mariya (9 August 2017). "51 гвардейская артиллерийская бригада в Осиповичах. Без четверти век" [25 years of the 51st Guards Artillery Brigade in Osipovichi]. Asipovitsky Kray (in Russian). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ МИНЧЕНКО, Павел (2009-01-13). ""Отставная" недвижимость". www.sb.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 г. Численность городского населения СССР по городским поселениям и внутригородским районам". Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик (кроме РСФСР), их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу". Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1970 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик (кроме РСФСР), их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу". Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик (кроме РСФСР), их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу". Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу". Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ Свабода, Радыё (3 April 2022). "Памёр Уладзімeр Крукоўскі — суаўтар эталённай выявы герба "Пагоня" (Uladzimer Krukoǔski, co-author of the template of the coat of arms "Pahonia" died) (in Belarusian)". Радыё Свабода. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Памёр адзін са стваральнікаў дзяржаўнага герба Пагоня — Уладзімір Крукоўскі (One of the creators of the national coat of arms "Pahonia", Uladzimir Krukoǔski, died) (in Belarusian)". Наша Ніва. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
Bibliography
- Lakotka, A. I., ed. (2008). "Асiповiчы". Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: энцыклапедыя (in Belarusian). Vol. 5. Магілёўская вобласць. Кн. 1. Minsk: BelEn. pp. 78–82.
External links
- The murder of the Jews of Asipovichy during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.