Drahichyn

Drahichyn Драгічын
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Drahichyn Location in Belarus
Coordinates: 52°11′N 25°09′E / 52.183°N 25.150°E / 52.183; 25.150
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
District	Drahichyn District
Mentioned	1452
Population  (2007)
• Total	13,355
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	225830
Area code(s)	+375 1644
License plate	1

Drahichyn (Belarusian: Драгічын, Ukrainian: Дорогичин, Russian: Дрогичин, Polish: Drohiczyn, Yiddish: דראהיטשין‎ Drohichin, Lithuanian: Drohičinas) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus. It the administrative center of the Drahichyn District.

The Treaty of Drahichyn between the city of Riga and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was signed in Drahichyn in 1518.

The American actor Mandy Patinkin descends from ancestors from Drahichyn.^[1]

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External links[]

• Photos on Radzima.org
• Jewish history of the city at JewishGen
• Drahichyn, Belarus at JewishGen

Coordinates: 52°11′N 25°09′E / 52.183°N 25.150°E / 52.183; 25.150

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