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Mikashevichy Мікашэвічы (Belarusian) | |
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| Coordinates:52°13′13″N27°28′25″E / 52.22028°N 27.47361°E /52.22028; 27.47361 | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| District | Luninets District |
| First mentioned | 1785 |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 12,395 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 225687 |
| Area code | +375 1647 |
| License plate | 1 |
Mikashevichy (Belarusian:Мікашэвічы,romanized: Mikaševičy,IPA:[mʲikaˈʂɛvʲitʂɨ];Russian:Микашевичи,romanized: Mikashevichi;Polish:Mikaszewicze) is a town inBrest Region, in southernBelarus.[1] It is located halfway between the cities ofBrest andGomel. As of 2023, it has a population of 12,395.[1]
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At the conclusion ofWorld War I, Mikaszewicze held a special place in the political dialogue accompanying thePolish–Soviet War. The talks started in October 1919 at the small Mikaszewicze railway station and continued until December 1919. During the talks,MarshalJózef Piłsudski informed the Bolshevik delegation that Poland was not supporting theWhite movement ofAnton Denikin in theRussian Civil War. The exchange of prisoners was decided there. However, the talks soon broke down. Already informed about Poland's intentions regarding the Lithuanian–Belorussian front, Bolshevik leaders began a progressive concentration of the forces on the interim border with Poland.[2][3]
In theinterwar period, it was located in thePolesie Voivodeship of Poland.
The town had a Jewish population of about 400 before the war, a quarter of its residents. They were murdered outside the town on August 6, 1942.[4]
Following the joint German-Sovietinvasion of Poland, which startedWorld War II in September 1939, it wasoccupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then byNazi Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union, which eventually annexed it from Poland in 1945.
The town is home toFC Granit Mikashevichi.
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