Visha ( Belorussian. Visha ) is a village in the Kryukovichsky village council of the Kalinkovichi district of the Gomel region of Belarus .
| Village | |
| Visha | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Visha | |
| A country |  Belarus |
| Region | Gomel |
| Area | Kalinkovichsky |
| Village Council | Kryukovichsky |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | XVIII century |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 31 people ( 2004 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +375 2345 |
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Name Origin
The name of the village of Visha comes from the Visha River, on which the village stands.
According to V.N. Toporov and O.N. Trubachev, the hydronym Visha is of Baltic origin and is approaching lit. Viešia [1] . A. Vanagas points out that a number of Lithuanian hydronyms, including Viešia, originated from the root vieš- with different extensions ( -t-, -n-, -men -): Viešėtė , Viešinta , Viešvė , Viešmuo . The meaning of the root vieš is - “flow, run”, especially considering lit. viešmuo "stream" [2] .
Geography
Location
38 km northwest of Kalinkovich , 22 km from the Kholodniki railway station (on the Zhlobin - Kalinkovichi line ), 154 km from Gomel .
Hydrography
In the east, reclamation canals and the Visha River (a tributary of the Ipa River).
Transportation Network
Transport links along the country road, then the Kalinkovichi - Bobruisk highway . The layout consists of a rectilinear almost meridional street, which bifurcates in the south. Two-sided building, wooden manor type.
History
The ancient settlement Okhop discovered by archaeologists (2 km south of the village) indicates the settlement of these places since ancient times. According to written sources, it has been known since the 18th century as the possession of the Gotovskys. In 1856, the landowner owned 1370 tithes of the earth and an oil mill. There was a church in the cemetery. According to the census of 1897, there was a nearby farm of the same name. In 1908, in the Kryukovichsky volost of the Rechitsa district of the Minsk province . In 1930, a collective farm was organized, a forge worked. During World War II, 33 residents died at the front. According to the 1959 census, as part of the Bereznyansky state farm (the center is the village of Kryukovichi ).
Population
Strength
- 2004 - 20 households, 31 residents.
Dynamics
- 1834 - 12 yards.
- 1897 - 11 households 81 residents (according to the census).
- 1908 - 32 yards, 146 inhabitants, 15 inhabitants in the folklore.
- 1917 - 27 yards in the village, 6 yards in the folklore.
- 1959 - 207 inhabitants (according to the census).
- 2004 - 20 households, 31 residents.
See also
- City villages of Belarus
- Cities of Belarus
Notes
- ↑ Toporov V.N., Trubachev O.N. Linguistic analysis of the hydronyms of the Upper Dnieper. - Moscow: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1962 .-- S. 233.
- ↑ Vanagas A. Lietuvių hindronimų etimologinis žodynas. - Vilnius: Mokslas, 1981. - S. 378-379.
Literature
- Garady and Belarus Belarus: Encyclapedia. T.1, book 1. Gomel oblast / S. V. Marzeleў; Redlegal: G.P. Pashkoў (halogen redactar) і інш. - Mn .: BelEn, 2004.632s .: il. 4000 copies ISBN 985-11-0303-9 ISBN 985-11-0302-0