- Mahilyow
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Магілёў "Могилёв" "Mahilyow"
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map_caption = Location of Mahilyow, shown within theMahilyow Voblast
subdivision_type = Country Subdivision
subdivision_name =Belarus Mahilyow Voblast
leader_title =Mayor
leader_name =Viktor Shorikov
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1267
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population_as_of = 2004
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population_total = 365102
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timezone = EET
utc_offset = +2
timezone_DST = EEST
utc_offset_DST = +3
latd=53|latm=55|latNS=N
longd=30|longm=21|longEW=E
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postal_code = 212000
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blank_name = License plate
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website = http://www.city.mogilev.by
footnotes =Mahilyow (also transliterated Mogilyov, Mogilev; _be. Магілёў, IPA2|maʝi'lʲou̯, _ru. Могилёв) is a city in eastern
Belarus , about 76 km from the border withRussia 'sSmolensk Oblast and 105 km from the border with Russia'sBryansk Oblast . It has more than 367,788 inhabitants (2007 estimate). [ [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-43&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=&geo=-827/ "Mahiljow" – Stefan Helders www.world-gazetteer.com] .Retrieved on 2007-08-10.] It is the centre ofMahilyow voblast and the third largest city in Belarus.History
The city was founded in 1267. Since 14th century a part of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania , after theUnion of Lublin and creation of thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , it was transferred to The Crown as "Mohylew" or "Mogilew". The city flourished as one of the main nodes of the east-west and north-south trading routes. In 1577 kingStefan Batory granted it with city rights. After the First Partition of Poland it came into the hands ofImperial Russia and was the centre of theMogilev guberniya . In years 1915-1917, duringWorld War I , the headquarters of the Russian army functioned in the city and the Tsar,Nicholas II , spent long periods here as Commander-in-Chief. In 1918 occupied byGermany and transferred to the short-livedBelarusian People's Republic . In 1919 captured by the forces ofBolshevist Russia and incorporated intoByelorussian SSR . Between 1941 and 1944 under German occupation. SinceBelarus gaining its independence in 1991 Mahilyow remains one of its principal cities.Economy
Mahilyow is one of the main economical and industrial centres of Belarus. After World War II a huge metallurgy centre with several major steel mills was built. Also, there were several major factories of cranes,
car s,tractor s and a chemical plant. The city is home to a major inland port at theDnieper river and a domestic airport.Sites of interest
The most striking building of Mahilyow is the six-pillared St. Stanislaw's Cathedral ( [http://globus.tut.by/mogilev/stanisl_kostel_tn_glr.htm picture] ), built in the Baroque style in 1738-52 and distinguished by its energetic murals. The convent of St. Nicholas ( [http://globus.tut.by/mogilev/nikol_main_tn_glr.htm picture] ) preserves its magnificent cathedral from 1668, as well as original iconostasis, belltower, walls, and gates. Minor landmarks include the archiepiscopal palace and memorial arch, both dating from the 1780s, and the enormous theatre in the blend of the
Neo-Renaissance andRussian Revival styles.At Polykovichi, an urban part of Mahilyow, there is a 350 metre tall guyed TV mast, one of the tallest structures in Belarus.
Notable natives of Mahilyow
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Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam , physicist
*Issai Schur , mathematician
*Modest Altschuler , orchestra conductor
*Grandparents of former Canadian professionalice hockey playerWayne Gretzky
*Otto Schmidt , scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician
*Matest M. Agrest , ethnologist and mathematician
*Mikałaj Sudziłoŭski , revolutionary and scientist
*Lev Polugaevsky , International Grandmaster of chess
*Irving Berlin , American composer
*David Pinski , Yiddish playwright
*Charles Jaffe , emigre American chess Master and writerSister cities
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*External links
* [http://www.city.mogilev.by/en Mogilev city executive committee]
* [http://www.travel-images.com/mogilev.html Images of Mogilev / Mahilyow]
* [http://radzima.org/pub/miesta.php?lang=en&miesta_id1=mamamahi Photos on Radzima.org]
* [http://www.bfcollection.net/cities/belarus/mogilev/mogilev.html Historic images of Mogilev]
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=696&letter=M Jewish Encyclopedia on Moghilef (Mohilev)]References
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