Rahachow or Rahačoŭ ( be, Рагачо́ў, ; russian: Рогачёв, Rogachyov, also transliterated Rogachev; pl, Rohaczów; yi, ראגאטשאוו, ''Rogatshov'', ) is a town in the

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. It is center of Rahachow District. Rahachow is located at , between the Drut and

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rivers. The population is 34,727 (2004 estimate). The town is first mentioned in 1142 in Russian chronicles. From the late thirteenth century it was part of the

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, and then the

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. In 1772 the Rahačoŭ District was annexed by the

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. On 16 July 1863 the local landowner Tomasz Hryniewicz was executed here by a Russian firing squad for leading the Rahačoŭ detachment of Polish insurgents. During

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, Rahačoŭ was occupied by the German Army from 2 July 1941 to 13 July 1941, and again from 14 August 1941 to 24 February 1944. The notable

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, Yosef Rosen (1858–1936), known as the Rogatshover Gaon ("The Genius of Rogatshov" (the Yiddish pronunciation of Rahachow), was born and raised here. The artist Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan was born (1902) and brought up here, as was former

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hockey player Sergei Bautin. Rahachow also has a popular dairy product factory, whose products are supplied across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

Sights

* Church of St. Anthony of Padua * Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky * "Castle Hill" - a hill on which the castle of Queen Bona was located * Monument to the founding of the city in the center of the "Castle Hill" with the inscription "From here the city of Rogachev went in the summer of 1142." * Jewish Cemetery in Rahachow * The building of the former zemstvo council * House of merchant Belenky * Eco-Museum "Belarusian Lyalka" * Museum of Popular Glory * House of Uladzimir Karatkievich's grandfather * Monument to condensed milk * Rahachow booms * Icon of the Mother of God with four hands * Three family tombs - Greshnerov, Iolshinov, Verzheisky * Memorial to the leader of the national liberation uprising of 1863 Tomas Grinevich

References

External links

Photos on Radzima.org
Populated places in Gomel Region Towns in Belarus Radimichs Minsk Voivodeship Rogachyovsky Uyezd Populated places on the Dnieper in Belarus {{Belarus-geo-stub