Mikashevichy
Mikashevichy
Мікашэвічы | |
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  Mikashevichy | |
| Coordinates: 52°13′13″N 27°28′25″E / 52.22028°N 27.47361°E | |
| Country |  Belarus |
| Voblast | Brest Region |
| Raion | Luninets District |
| Mentioned | 1785 |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 13,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 225687 |
| Area code | +375 1647 |
| License plate | 1 |
Mikashevichy (Belarusian: Мікашэвічы, Mikaševičy, [mʲikaˈʂɛvʲitʂɨ]; Russian: Микашевичи, Mikashevichi, Polish: Mikaszewicze) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian Brest Region.
Polish–Soviet War
At the conclusion of World War I, Mikaszewicze held a special place in the political dialogue accompanying the Polish–Soviet War of liberation. The talks started in October 1919 at the small Mikaszewicze railway station and continued until December 1919. During the talks, Marshal Józef Piłsudski informed the Bolshevik delegation that Poland was not supporting the White movement of Anton Denikin in the Russian Civil War. The exchange of prisoners was decided there. However, the talks soon broke down. Already informed about Poland's intentions regarding the Lithuanian–Belorussian front, Bolshevik leaders began a progressive concentration of the Red forces on the interim border with Poland.[1][2]
Sports and culture
The town is home to FC Granit Mikashevichi.
Famous people
Notes
- ^ Janusz Cisek (2002). Kosciuszko, We Are Here!: American Pilots of the Kosciuszko Squadron in Defense of Poland, 1919-1921. McFarland. p. 91. ISBN 0786412402.
- ^ White Spots—Black Spots: Difficult Matters in Polish-Russian Relations, 1918–2008. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2015. p. 64. ISBN 0822980959.
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