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Khalopyenichy

Coordinates: 54°31′00″N 28°58′00″E / 54.51667°N 28.96667°E / 54.51667; 28.96667
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Khalopyenichy
Халопенічы
Khalopyenichy is located in Belarus
Khalopyenichy
Khalopyenichy
Coordinates: 54°31′00″N 28°58′00″E / 54.51667°N 28.96667°E / 54.51667; 28.96667
Country Belarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictKrupki District
Population
 (2017)
 • Total1,398

Khalopyenichy (Belarusian: Халопенічы) 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.