Mochulino ( Belorussian. Machulina ) is a village in the Krasnoselsky village council of the Volkovysk district of the Grodno region of the Republic of Belarus . The population of 411 people (2009) [1] .
| Village | |
| Mochulino | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Machulina | |
| A country | |
| Region | The Grodno region |
| Area | Volkovysk district |
| Village council | Krasnoselsky Village Council |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 411 people |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | |
| Car code | four |
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Geography
The village is located 3 km southeast of the village of Krasnoselsky and 8 km north of the center of Volkovysk . A little west of the village, the Ross River flows and the Volkovysk- Mosty railway line passes (the nearest Ross station is 7 km from Mochulin). On the eastern outskirts of the village runs highway P44 .
History
The village has been known since the middle of the 16th century. Belonged to Prince Shch. Golovchinsky , who in 1553 built a church here (not preserved). In 1578, the estate passed to the Olend family, who rebuilt the Catholic church into a Calvinist one . The local toponym “Calvinist Mountain” has been preserved [2] .
As a result of the third division of the Commonwealth (1796), Mochulino became part of the Russian Empire , in the Volkovysk district of the Grodno province , but the Olendskys continued to own the estate. In the XIX century they built a large palace in the estate in the style of classicism (not preserved) [3] .
According to the Riga Peace Treaty (1921), Mochulino became part of the interwar Polish Republic , in the Volkovysk district of the Bialystok Voivodeship . Since 1939, as part of the BSSR .
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| Olendskie Manor in the 19th century photo | |
Literature
- Enceclapedia gistory Belarus. At 6 tons of Kadety - Lyashchen / Belarus. Encekl .; Redkal: G.P. Pashkoў (red halons) і іnsh .; Mast. E.E. Zhakevich. - Мn .: BelEn. ISBN 985-11-0041-2
Notes
- ↑ 2009 Census Results
- ↑ Entsiklapedia gіstoryі Belarusі. At 6 tons of Kadety - Lyashchen / Belarus. Encekl .; Redkal: G.P. Pashkoў (red halons) і іnsh .; Mast. E.E. Zhakevich. - Мn .: BelEn. ISBN 985-11-0041-2
- ↑ Mochulino on the Globus of Belarus website