Podgornaya ( Belor. Padgornaya ), until 1964 Gavinovichi - a village in the Baranavichy district of the Brest region of Belarus , the center of the Podgornovsky village council . The population is 587 people (2009) [1] .
| Village | |
| Podgorny | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Padgornaya | |
| A country |  Belarus |
| Region | Brest region |
| Area | Baranavichy district |
| Village Council | Podgornensky Village Council |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 587 people ( 2009 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | |
| Car code | one |
Content
Geography
Podgornaya is located 33 km south-west of the city center of Baranavichy and 20 km southeast of Slonim near the border with the Grodno region . The area belongs to the Neman basin, along the southern outskirts of the village flows the river Lokhozva , which flows south from Podgornaya to Shchara . In the vicinity of the village there are ponds and reclamation canals. The village is connected by local roads with the nearest settlements. To the west of Podgorny is the village of Dobry Bor, to the east is the village of Yezhon.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in written sources from the middle of the 16th century under the name Gavinovichi, a gentry property [2] .
Since 1793, after the second partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the Russian Empire, in the Slonim district of the Grodno province . In 1817, the church of St. Anthony was built (preserved). At the beginning of the 20th century, a school worked in the village.
According to the Riga Peace Treaty (1921), the Gavinovichi became part of interwar Poland , belonged to the Slonim district of the Novogrudok Voivodeship . Since 1939, the village is part of the BSSR . Since 1940 - the center of the village council [3] .
From the end of June 1941 to July 1944, they were occupied by Nazi invaders during World War II. In 1964, the Gavinovichi received the name Podgornaya [3] .
In 1998, there were 345 courtyards and 822 residents [2] .
Attractions
- Orthodox church of st. Anthony (1817) with a free-standing bell tower of the XIX century.
- Nadmogilny chapel in the old cemetery.
- Monument to 96 compatriots who died in the Great Patriotic War.
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 Gistoryya Padgornai