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Rahachow
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Rahachow or Rogachev (, ; ; ; , ) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Rahachow District. Rahachow is located between the Drut and Dnieper rivers. As of 2025, it has a population of 31,490.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rahachow
- Settlement.other_name
- Rogachev
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Рагачоўскія краявіды 02.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Rahačoŭ.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Rahačoŭ, Belarus.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gomel Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rahachow District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1142
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 18.06
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Рагачоў
- Country
- Belarus
- Located in
- Rechitsky povet
- Population
- 31323
- Area
- 18.06
- Elevation
- 137
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Dnieper
- Capital of
- Rogachev Uezd
- Official website
- rogachev.gov.by
- Image
- Рагачоўскія краявіды 02.jpg
- Dialing code
- +375 2339
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- Commons category
- Rahačoŭ
- twinned administrative body
- Tosno
- postal code
- 247250
- category for people born here
- Q8070311
- topic's main category
- Category:Rahačoŭ
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rahachow
- native label
- Рагачоў
- time of earliest written record
- 1142-00-00
- romanization of Belarusian (2007 system)
- Rahačoŭ
- Belarus Globe URL
- globustut.by/rogachev/index.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rahachow or Rogachev (, ; ; ; , ) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Rahachow District. Rahachow is located between the Drut and Dnieper rivers. As of 2025, it has a population of 31,490.
==History== thumb|left|Early-20th-century view of the castle The town is first mentioned in 1142 in Rus' chronicles. From the thirteenth century it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and then the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. During the Lithuanian–Muscovite War of 1487–1494, it was captured and destroyed by Muscovite forces in 1492. From the 16th century it was a royal town, administratively located in the Rzeczyca County in the Minsk Voivodeship. The development of the town was hindered in the 17th century by Cossack and Russian raids, yet it was considered one of the regional centers of trade, intellectual life and manufacturing. Local starosts included members of the Strawiński, Sapieha, Bykowski, Judycki, Ogiński, Nieroszyński and Pociej noble families. At the beginning of the reign of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, the sejmiks (local councils) of the Rzeczyca County were temporarily moved to Rohaczów from Rzeczyca.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rahachow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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