Machulishchy ( be, Мачулішчы, russian: Мачулищи, pl, Moczuliszcze) is a municipality and
town in
Belarus, in the
Minsk Region, and is part of the
Minsk District. Its population, as of 2010, was of 7,300.
2010 statistics of Belarus
, rar format (Belstat
National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (official abbreviation — Belstat; be, Нацыянальны статыстычны камітэт Рэспублікі Беларусь; russian: Национальный статист ...
)
History
The town was first mentioned in 1590. In 1997 it received the status of "urban-type settlement" (Городской посёлок).
Geography
Situated in southern suburb of Minsk, Machulishi is part of its urban area and one of its main towns also with Zaslawye and Fanipal
Fanipal ( be, Фа́ніпаль, Fanipaĺ; russian: Фа́ниполь, Fanipol; pl, Fanipal; lt, Fanipalis), is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus. Fanipal is located in Dzyarzhynsk District, southwest of Minsk and southwest of the Min ...
. It is served by a railway station on the Minsk- Babruysk- Gomel and by the M1 highway. A major Soviet air base (Machulishchy (air base)
Machulishchy is an air base of the Belarusian Air Force, Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus located in Machulishchy, Minsk Region, Belarus.
It is home to the 50th Composite Air Base, flying Antonov An-26s, Ilyushin Il-76MD ...
) operated adjacent to the west side of the town during the Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
.
Gallery
File:Machulishchy station.jpg, Railway station
Mačuliščy (Minsk district) p04.jpg, Multi-storeyed buildings
File:Machulischi obelisk.jpg, Memorial obelisk devoted to World War II veterans
File:Mačuliščy (Minsk district) p26.jpg, House of culture
Mačuliščy (Minsk district) p10.jpg, Older buildings
References
External links
Machulishchy official website
{{Minsk Raion
Urban-type settlements in Belarus
Populated places in Minsk Region
Minsk District
Populated places established in 1590
Minsk Voivodeship
Minsk Governorate