Asipovichy

Assipowitschy ( weißruss. Асіповічы; Russian Осиповичи ) is a city in the Republic of Belarus in the Mahiljouskaja Woblasz with around 35,000 inhabitants.

Geography

The city is located in the center of the country on the road from Minsk to Gomel about 50 kilometers north-west of Bobruisk. North of the river runs Assipowitschy Swislatsch, extended here to a reservoir.

History

The city was founded in 1872.

Coat of arms

Description: Green on black margined silver bar with a black locomotive.

Traffic

Assipowitschy is on the main road connecting both rail and road traffic from the capital Minsk in the southeast of the country according to Bobruisk, Gomel and Mogilev.

Sons of the city

  • Georgi Schpak (* 1943), Officer

Assipowitschy | Bobruisk | Bychau | Horki | Kastjukowitschy | Klimawitschy | Krytschau | Mogilev | Mszislau | Schklou | Slauharad | Tschawussy | Tscherykau

  • Place in the Mahiljouskaja Woblasz
Svislach River Georgy Shpak Bykhaw Kastsyukovichy Klimavichy Shkloŭ Chavusy
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