Soshno ( Belor. Soshn ) is an agro-town in the Pinsk district of the Brest region , the center of the Soshnensky village council . The population of 681 people (2009) [1] .
| Agro-town | |
| Sooshno | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Sosna | |
| A country |  Belarus |
| Region | Brest |
| Area | Pinsky |
| The village council | Soshnensky |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 681 people ( 2009 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | |
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Geography
Soshno is located 22 km northeast of Pinsk , 5 km from the southeastern end of the Pogost reservoir on the Bobrik River. The highway P8 Pinsk - Luninets passes through Sochno. 3 km is the Vylazy railway platform on the Pinsk - Luninets line [2] .
History
The settlement is old, the first written mention dates back to 1508, when the Pinsk prince Fyodor Yaroslavich presented the courtyard to Olizar Lyubetsky. Soon the estate passed to the gentry Ivan Poloz, whose rights were confirmed by King Sigismund II [3] .
Since the 1560s, the village has been part of the Pinsky district of the Beresteysky province ON .
In the 18th century, Sochno passed into the possession of a Benedictine monastery in the nearby Gorodishche . The monks built a wooden church in Soshno [3] .
In 1793, after the second partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Soshno became part of the Russian Empire , the village was part of the Pinsk district [4] .
After the suppression of the uprising of 1863, the monks of the Gorodische monastery were accused of supporting the rebels, the monastery was closed, and the wooden church in Sochno was transferred to the Orthodox. The former land estates of the monastery were sold out. Sohno was bought by adviser Gardzey in 1869, and later the estate was transferred to the family of the Evtikhievs [3] .
At the beginning of the 20th century, a brick factory was built on the estate, which was also active in Soviet times. The buildings of the noble estate in Sochno were almost completely destroyed during the First World War, and the wooden church was also destroyed [3] .
According to the Riga Peace Treaty (1921), the village became part of interwar Poland , since 1939 as part of the BSSR . In 1994, a new brick church of St. Olga [5]
Attractions
- The estate of the Evtikhievs. The manor house and almost all the buildings have not been preserved. Only the former farmstead of the end of the 19th century has survived to our days [5] .
- Church of st. Olga. Built in 1994 [5] .
- Graves of soldiers of the First World War [5] .
- Monument to 60 compatriots who died during the Great Patriotic War. In 1985, an obelisk was installed [6] .
- Two archaeological settlements 300-400 meters from the village [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Census results
- ↑ Map sheet N-35-137 Pinsk . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the terrain for 1987. 1991 edition
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Nestsyarchuk L. M. "Castles, palaces, parks of Berazsteyschyny X — XX stagodzzya (gistoryya, camp, perspectives)". Minsk, BelTA, 2002. 334 pages. ISBN 985-6302-37-4.
- ↑ Garady and Belarusian Belarus: Enceklapedy ў 15 tomahs. T. 4, book. 2. Brescky Voblast / Pad Navuk. red A. І. Lakotki. - Mn .: BelEn, 2006. ISBN 985-11-0373-X
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Soshno on the Globe of Belarus
- ↑ 1 2 “Code of historical and cultural monuments of Belarus. Brest region". Minsk, publishing house "Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia named after Petrus Brovka", 1990