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Khalopyenichy

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Urban-type settlement in Minsk Region, Belarus

Khalopyenichy Халопенічы (Belarusian)
Urban-type settlement
Khalopyenichy
Coordinates: 54°31′00″N 28°58′00″E / 54.51667°N 28.96667°E / 54.51667; 28.96667
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Krupki District
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	1,370
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Khalopyenichy^[a] (Belarusian: Халопенічы, romanized: Chalopieničy;^[b] Russian: Холопеничи, romanized: Kholopenichi; Lithuanian: Cholopeničiai) is an urban-type settlementinKrupki District, Minsk Region, Belarus.^[1] As of 2023, it has a population of 1,370.^[1]

History[edit]

First mentioned in 1451, Khalopyenichy belonged to Vitebsk Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), and later to Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Notable people[edit]

• Adam Bahdanovič (1862–1940), Belarusian ethnographer. Many of the folk tales and customs he recorded come from Khalopyenichy, and in particular from his maternal grandmother, the local storyteller Ruzala Aśmak.

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