Rechytsa
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Rechytsa is a town in the Homiel Province
Homiel Voblast
Homiel Voblast or Gomel Oblast is a province of Belarus with its administrative center being Homyel.Important cities within the voblasts include: Gomel, Mazyr, Zhlobin, Svetlahorsk, Rechytsia, Kalinkavichy, Rahachow, Dobrush...

 of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. It is center of Rechytsa Raion
Rechytsa Raion
Rechytsa Raion is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Homiel Voblast, in Belarus. Administrative center — Rechytsa.-External links:...

. The city is situated at the mouth of Rechitsa river, flowing into Dnieper. The population is 65,532 as of 2005.

History

Rechytsa is one of the oldest towns of Belarus. First settlements in this region are dated back to the epoch of mesolite (9-5th centuries B.C.). Later on the area was inhabited by the Dregovichi tribe. The town was first mentioned in the Novgorod chronicle in 1213 as a town of the Chernihiv
Chernihiv
Chernihiv or Chernigov is a historic city in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chernihiv Oblast , as well as of the surrounding Chernihivskyi Raion within the oblast...

 Principality. Rechytsa was also ruled by Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 and Turaŭ
Turau
Turaŭ or Turaw is a town in the Zhytkavichy Raion of Homiel Province of Belarus and the former capital of the medieval Principality of Turov and Pinsk.-History:...

 Grand Dukes.
At the time of Gedimin reign (1311–1341) the town was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Rechytsa as well as Orsha, Shklov, Mogilev, Staryi Bykhov and Rahachow
Rahachow
Rahachow - also transliteratedRahačoŭ .The notable Rabbi, Yosef Rosen , known as the Rogatchover Gaon , was born and raised here. The artist Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan was born and brought up here, as was former NHL hockey player Sergei Bautin.- External links :*...

 formed a well-developed frontier defense system at the River Dnepr.
1392-1430 – the reign of Grand Duke Vitovt. He constructed a fortified castle with five towers in the area of the detinets (old Belarusian for the downtown) on the bank of the Dnepr. At that time the town had three fortification lines in the form of water trenches and ramparts with bastions. In the area between the fortress and the second fortification line there was a territory for rich mansions, Church of the Order of Friars Preachers and a trade square. The town inhabitants settled lived between the second and third fortification lines. The construction of the town had clear right-angled forms.

In 1561 the town was partially granted the Magdeburg law.

In the middle of the 17th century Rechytsa was practically destroyed during the Cossack war of 1648-1651. After the Truce of Anrusovo the town became a part of Rzecz Pospolita. In 1793 Rechitsa joined Russia and became an uezd center of the Minsk province.

The first permanent town plan of Rechytsa was approved in 1800. During the Patriotic War in 1812 the town was a temporary residence of the Minsk governor.

Today Rechytsa – a town of Belarusian oil industry - is an industrial and cultural center of Homiel Voblast
Homiel Voblast
Homiel Voblast or Gomel Oblast is a province of Belarus with its administrative center being Homyel.Important cities within the voblasts include: Gomel, Mazyr, Zhlobin, Svetlahorsk, Rechytsia, Kalinkavichy, Rahachow, Dobrush...

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Population

  • early. 19. - 1,77 thousand
  • 2005 — 65,5 thousand
  • 2006 — 65,4 thousand
  • 2007 — 65,3 thousand
  • 2010 — 64,7 thousand

Economics

Rechytsa products are well known in the CIS member-states as well as in other countries. Rechytsa produces watercrafts, furniture, beer, which are exported to England, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and several African countries.

External links

Official site

Official site
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