Massolyany ( Belorussian. Masalyany ) is a village in the Berestovitsky district of the Grodno region of Belarus , as part of the Olekshitsky Village Council . The population of 570 people (2009) [1] .
| Village | |
| Massolany | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Masalyan | |
| A country |  Belarus |
| Region | The Grodno region |
| Area | Berestovitsky district |
| Village Council | Olekshitsky Village Council |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 570 people ( 2009 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +375 1511 |
| Postcode | |
| Car code | four |
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Geography
Massolyany are located 5 km northeast of the center of the village council, the agro-town of Olekshitsy and 17 km north of the district center, the village of Bolshaya Berestovitsa . The river Vereteyka ( be: Cancer Veratseyka ), a tributary of the Svisloch , flows through the village. The village is connected by local roads with Olekshitsy and Big Eismont .
History
As a result of the third division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795), the Massolans became part of the Russian Empire in the Grodno district [2] . Around 1796, the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was erected [3] .
In the 19th century, the estate belonged to the Bisping family, which built a manor here in the 1830s ( be: Syadziba Bіspіnga, Masalyany ) [3] .
According to the Riga Peace Treaty (1921), the Massolans became part of the interwar Polish Republic , belonged to the Volkovysk district of the Bialystok Voivodeship [2] .
In 1939, Massolany became part of the BSSR . In Soviet times, the Bisping Manor almost completely lost its historical appearance, the manor house was rebuilt so that only one outbuilding retained its historical appearance [4] .
Attractions
- Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, 1796.
- Bisping Manor.
- Side wing of a former manor house.
- The outbuildings of the former estate.
- Fragments of the park
- The Catholic Chapel, 1855 [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Census results
- ↑ 1 2 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
- ↑ 1 2 3 Website “Globe of Belarus”
- ↑ Massolany