Lyeskawka
Lyeskawka
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  Lyeskawka | |
| Coordinates: 54°00′09″N 27°42′42″E / 54.00250°N 27.71167°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| District | Minsk District |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,643 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Lyeskawka (Belarusian: Лескаўка, romanized: Lieskaŭka; Russian: Лесковка, romanized: Leskovka) is a village in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[2] It is administratively part of Barawlyany selsoviet.[2] It is located about eight kilometres (5.0 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, north of the capital Minsk.[1] In 2010, it had a population of 1,643.[1]
History[edit]
In 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Lyeskawka with the neighboring settlements of Barawlyany, Lyasny, and Vopytny into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя. Т. 8: Мінская вобласць, кн. 3. Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі. 2012. p. 419. ISBN 978-985-11-0636-9.
- ^ a b Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 301. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
- ^ "«Сначала нужно поднять соцстандарты на уровень городских». Что там со статусом города для Боровлян". onliner.by (in Russian). 27 April 2022.
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