Khalopyenichy

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Khalopyenichy Халопенічы (Belarusian)
Urban-type settlement
Khalopyenichy Location within Belarus
Coordinates: 54°31′00″N 28°58′00″E / 54.51667°N 28.96667°E / 54.51667; 28.96667
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Krupki District
Population  (2026)
• Total	1,293
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Khalopyenichy is an urban-type settlement in Krupki District, Minsk Region, Belarus. As of 2026, it has a population of 1,293.

History

First mentioned in 1451, Khalopyenichy belonged to Vitebsk Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), and later to Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Notable people

• Adam Bahdanovič (1862–1940), Belarusian ethnographer. Many of the folk tales and customs he recorded come from Khalopyenichy, and in particular from his maternal grandmother, the local storyteller Ruzala Aśmak.
• Nathan Chanin (1885–1965), Belarusian-American labor organizer. He was an activist in the Jewish Labor Bund, and later served as the general secretary of The Workmen's Circle from 1952 to 1963.

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