Loktyshi ( Belorussian. Laktyshy ) is a village in the Gantsevichi district of the Brest region of Belarus , part of the Nachsky village council . The population of 414 people (2009) [1] .
| Village | |
| Elbows | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Laktyshy | |
| A country |  Belarus |
| Region | Brest |
| Area | Gantsevichsky |
| Village Council | Nachsky |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 414 people ( 2009 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | |
| Car code | one |
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Geography
Loktyshi is located 22 km northeast of the Gantsevichi on the northern shore of the Loktyshi reservoir near the place where the Lan River flows into the reservoir. The village is located near the border with the Minsk region . Local roads lead to neighboring villages. The nearest railway station is in Gantsevichi ( Baranavichy - Luninets line ) [2] .
History
The first mention of Loktysh dates back to the 16th century [3] . In 1792, the Orthodox wooden Nikolaev Church was built [4] .
After the second division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1793) as part of the Russian Empire, in the Slutsk district of Minsk province , the property of the Radziwill clan [4] .
In 1864, the new building of the Nikolaev Church was built, also of wood. In 1886 - 51 yards, 518 residents, a water mill worked. According to the 1897 census, there were 111 households, 851 residents, a church, a bread store, and a drinking house worked. In 1909, the village consisted of 182 houses and 1091 inhabitants [4] .
According to the Riga Peace Treaty (1921), the village became part of interwar Poland , where it belonged to the Luninets district of the Polessk voivodship . In 1921, the village consisted of 42 houses and 249 inhabitants. Since 1939, as part of the BSSR [4] .
From June 1941 to July 5, 1944 it was occupied by the Germans, 12 residents were killed. In the 1950s, the Nikolaev Church was destroyed. The wooden chapel that existed in the cemetery was dismantled in the 1980s, after 1985 a bell tower was built in front of the chapel [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Census results
- ↑ Map sheet N-35-114 Deniskovichi . Scale: 1: 100,000. Status of the terrain for 1982. 1986 edition
- ↑ Elbows on radzima.org
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Garady and Belarusian Belarus: Enceklapedy ў 15 tamakh. T. 3, book. 1. Brescky Voblast / Pad Navuk. red A. І. Lakotki. - Mn .: BelEn, 2006. ISBN 985-11-0373-X
- ↑ Elbows on the website globus.tut.by