Smilavichy
Смілавічы (Belarusian)
Смиловичи (Russian)
Urban-type settlement
Smilavichy is located in Belarus
Smilavichy
Smilavichy
Coordinates: 53°44′54″N 28°00′33″E / 53.74833°N 28.00917°E / 53.74833; 28.00917
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictChervyen District
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total6,325
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Saint George's Church, Smilavichy

Smilavichy[lower-alpha 1] (Belarusian: Смілавічы, romanized: Smilavičy;[lower-alpha 2] Russian: Смиловичи, romanized: Smilovichi; Polish: Śmiłowicze; Yiddish: סמילאָוויץ, romanized: Smilovitz) is an urban-type settlement in Chervyen District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[2][3] As of 2023, it has a population of 6,325.[1]

In Jewish tradition it is known as Smilovitz, and was a shtetl in the Russian Empire.

The village is the birthplace of the renowned painter Chaïm Soutine.

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  1. 1 2 "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 492. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
  3. ↑ Smilovichi online (in Russian)
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