Machulishchy

Machulishchy/Mačuliščy Мачулішчы Мачулищи
Orthodox church of St. Pantaleon
Machulishchy/Mačuliščy Location of Machulishi in Belarus
Coordinates: 53°46′53″N 27°35′45″E
Country Voblast Raion	Belarus Minsk Region Minsk District
Founded	1590
Elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	7,300
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	223012
License plate	5
Website	Official website

Machulishchy (Belarusian: Мачулішчы, Russian: Мачулищи, Polish: Moczuliszcze) is a municipality and town in Belarus, in the Minsk Region, and is part of the Minsk District. Its population, as of 2010, was of 7,300.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1590. In 1997 it received the status of "urban-type settlement" (Городской посёлок).

Geography

Situated in southern suburb of Minsk, Machulishi is part of its urban area and one of its main towns also with Zaslawye and Fanipal. It is served by a railway station on the Minsk-Babruysk-Gomel and by the M1 highway. A major Soviet air base (Machulishchy (air base)) operated adjacent to the west side of the town during the Cold War.

Gallery

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  Railway station
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  Multi-storeyed buildings
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  Memorial obelisk devoted to World War II veterans
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  House of culture
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  Older buildings

External links

Media related to Mačuliščy at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Russian) Machulishchy official website