Lyasny, Minsk Region

Lyasny Лясны (Belarusian) Лесной (Russian)
Agrotown
Lyasny
Coordinates: 54°00′16″N 27°41′05″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Minsk District
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	21,638
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Lyasny (Belarusian: Лясны, romanized: Liasny; Russian: Лесной, romanized: Lesnoy) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus.^[2] It serves as the administrative center of Barawlyany [be] selsoviet.^[3][4] It is located north of the capital Minsk, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from its center and about six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road (the approximate boundary of Minsk).^[4] In 1999, it had a population of 8,350.^[4] As of 2023, it has a population of 21,638.^[1]

History

It received the status of agrotown in 2010 according to the "State program for the revival and development of rural areas, for years 2005–2010".^[5]

In 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Lyasny and the neighboring village of Barawlyany, together with two other adjacent settlements, Vopytny settlement and Lyeskawka village, into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned.^[6]

References

1. "Минская область". president.gov.by. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
2. "Боровлянский сельсовет". mrik.gov.by. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
3. Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 301. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
4. Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. Т. 9: Кулібін — Малаіта. Mìnsk: Беларуская энцыклапедыя. 1999. p. 430. ISBN 985-11-0155-9.
5. "Решение № 307 (Решение Минского районного Совета депутатов от 25 марта 2010 г. №307 «О преобразовании некоторых сельских населенных пунктов в агрогородки.»)". etalonline.by.
6. "«Сначала нужно поднять соцстандарты на уровень городских». Что там со статусом города для Боровлян". onliner.by (in Russian). 27 April 2022.