Haradzyeya Гарадзея (Belarusian) | |
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 Roman Catholic St. Joseph church | |
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  Haradzyeya | |
| Coordinates:53°18′47″N26°32′5″E / 53.31306°N 26.53472°E /53.31306; 26.53472 | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| District | Nyasvizh District |
| Established | 1530 |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 3,563 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 222610 |
Haradzyeya orGorodeya[a] is anurban-type settlement inNyasvizh District,Minsk Region,Belarus.[1] As of 2025, it has a population of 3,563.[1]
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The first known documental record of the village dates back to 1530. Horodziej was a privately owned village located in theNowogródek County of theNowogródek Voivodeship of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[2] until theSecond Partition of Poland (1793) when it was annexed byTsarist Russia. Initially, the village often changed owners, before it became the property of the powerfulRadziwiłł family in 1575. A Roman Catholic church was built in the 17th century.[3]
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The village was briefly occupied by theGermans in 1918 and afterPoland regained independence (1918) it came under Polish administration in 1919 and was finally reintegrated with Polish territory after thePolish-Soviet War (1919–1921). Administratively Horodziej was part of the Nieśwież County in theNowogródek Voivodeship. After the destruction ofWorld War I, a new Catholic church and a new railway station were built. In the 1921 census, 44.9% people declared Jewish nationality, 36.3% declaredPolish nationality, 18.4% declared Belarusian nationality.[4]
BeforeWorld War II, the precise number ofJews living in Horodziej is not known, but it was probably somewhere between 700 and 1,000, the third of the total population. After theinvasion of Poland the village was underSoviet occupation from 1939 to 1941, German occupation from 1941 to 1944 and again Soviet occupation from 1944 to 1945, when in accordance to thePotsdam Agreement it was taken from Poland and annexed to theSoviet Union.
In 1941, an enclosedghetto of a few houses was established. On July 16, 1942, the ghetto was liquidated. Some Jews were transported in trucks, but most were marched on foot, to a small hill near the Christian cemetery, where a pit had been dug. On the way to the killing site, the guards shot several Jews who were unable to keep up. Approximately 1,000 Jews were shot that day by anEinsatzgruppen.[5] Earlier, in June 1942, local Polish parish priest Józef Gogoliński was arrested and imprisoned in nearbyNieśwież.[6] He was later murdered along with 3 other priests as part of the continuation of the anti-PolishIntelligenzaktion.[6]
In 1946 the Roman Catholic St. Joseph church was closed down by the Soviets.[3] It was reopened and renovated in the 1990s after thedissolution of the Soviet Union.[3]
The historic sights include a chapel built in 1874, a pre-war Polish Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph, a 19th-century Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration and old houses. There is also aBattle of Grunwald memorial stone and a memorial complex dedicated to the local Jews murdered during theHolocaust.
A railway station is located in the settlement.
FC Gorodeya football club is based in the settlement.
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