Malyatsichy
Маляцічы (Belarusian)
Молятичи (Russian)
Molyatichi
Agrotown
Malyatsichy is located in Belarus
Malyatsichy
Malyatsichy
Coordinates: 53°51′28″N 31°32′30″E / 53.85778°N 31.54167°E / 53.85778; 31.54167
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
DistrictKrychaw District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Malyatsichy or Molyatichi (Belarusian: Маляцічы, romanized: Maliacičy; Russian: Молятичи) is an agrotown in Krychaw District, Mogilev Region, Belarus.[1][2][3] It serves as the administrative center of Malyatsichy selsoviet.[4] It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Krychaw and 129 kilometres (80 mi) from Mogilev. In 2010, it had a population of 350 residents.

History

In 1708, the settlement was the location of the Battle of Malatitze during the Great Northern War.

Before World War II, it was a shtetl. The Germans occupied the city from 1941 to 1944.

In November 1941, as part of the Holocaust in Belarus, between 70 and 122 Jews were killed in Molyatichi. The Jews were shot with a bullet in the back. Some children were thrown alive in the grave. There were nine shooters: six Germans and three local policemen. One week after the shooting, the Germans organized an auction to sell the Jews' belongings.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Malyatsichy". GeoNames.org. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ Library of Congress (May 14, 2019). "Maliatsichy (Krychaŭski raion, Belarus)". Library of Congress Name Authority File (in English and Belarusian). Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Malyatsichy / Маляцічы". Geonames.NGA.mil (in English and Belarusian). Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2007). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Магілёўская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 238. ISBN 978-985-458-159-0.
  5. ↑ Yahad-In Unum. "Execution of Jews in Molyatichi". iN Evidence: The Map of Holocaust by Bullets. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
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