Khalopyenichy
Khalopyenichy
Халопенічы | |
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![]() ![]() Khalopyenichy | |
Coordinates: 54°31′00″N 28°58′00″E / 54.51667°N 28.96667°ECoordinates: 54°31′00″N 28°58′00″E / 54.51667°N 28.96667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Minsk Region |
District | Krupki District |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,398 |
Khalopyenichy (Belarusian: Халопенічы; Lithuanian: Cholopeničiai) is an urban-type settlement in Krupki District, Minsk Region, Belarus.
History[]
First mentioned in 1451, Khalopyenichy belonged to Vitebsk Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), and later to Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire.
Notable people[]
- Adam Bahdanovič (1862–1940), Belarusian ethnographer. Many of the folk tales and customs he recorded come from Khalopyenichy, and in particular from his maternal grandmother, the local storyteller Ruzala Aśmak.
Categories:
- Populated places in Minsk Region
- Krupki District
- Vitebsk Voivodeship
- Borisovsky Uyezd