Kalodzishchy

Kalodzishchy Калодзішчы (Belarusian) Колодищи (Russian)
Agrotown
Coat of arms
Kalodzishchy
Coordinates: 53°57′03″N 27°47′10″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Minsk District
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	19,898
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Kalodzishchy (Belarusian: Калодзішчы, romanized: Kalodziščy; Russian: Колодишчи, romanized: Kolodishchi) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus.^[2] It serves as the administrative center of Kalodzishchy selsoviet.^[2][3] As of 2023, it has a population of 19,898.^[1]

History

Kołodziszcze, as it was known in Polish, was a zaścianek.^[4] Following the Second Partition of Poland (1793), it was annexed by Russia.

On 31 October 2023, an explosion was reported at a military base near Kalodzishchy. The Ministry of Defence claimed that the explosion had been deliberately orchestrated.^[5]

References

1. "Население агрогородка Колодищи приблизилось к 20 тысячам человек". kolodischi.by (in Russian).
2. Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2010). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 305. ISBN 978-985-458-054-8.
3. "Минский районный исполнительный комитет - Колодищанский сельсовет". mrik.gov.by (in Russian).
4. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 281.
5. "Мінабароны Беларусі патлумачыла выбухі пад Мінскам | Навіны Беларусі | euroradio.fm". euroradio.fm (in Belarusian). 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-01.