Shapyalyevichy

Shapyalyevichy
Шапялевічы (Belarusian)
Шепелевичи (Russian)
Village
Shapyalyevichy is located in Belarus
Shapyalyevichy
Shapyalyevichy
Location within Belarus
Coordinates: 54°07′34″N 29°33′51″E / 54.12611°N 29.56417°E / 54.12611; 29.56417
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
DistrictKruhlaye District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Shapyalyevichy (Belarusian: Шапялевічы, romanized: Šapialievičy; Russian: Шепелевичи, romanized: Shepelevichi) is a village in Kruhlaye District, Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located 55 kilometres (34 mi) west-northwest of Mogilev, and it is administratively part of Tsyatsyeryn selsoviet.

History

On 24 August 1654, Russian forces defeated the Poles at the Battle of Shepeleviche during the Russo-Polish War.

During World War II, the village was under German military occupation from 8 July 1941 until 1944. Several dozen Jews remained at the start of the occupation. On 15 November 1941, the Jews were escorted by local police to a quarry outside the village and about 30 or 40 Jews were shot. The remaining Jews were put in a ghetto until 12 December, when they were transferred to the ghetto in Kruhlaye. They shared the same fate as the Jews there, most of whom were shot in early 1942.

References

  1. 1 2 Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2007). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Магілёўская вобласць (in Belarusian). Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 229. ISBN 978-985-458-159-0.
  2. 1 2 3 Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1728.
  3. ↑ "«Об изменении административно-территориального устройства некоторых административно-территориальных единиц Могилевской области». Решение Могилевского областного Совета депутатов от 21 декабря 2011 г. № 13-9" (PDF) (in Russian). pravo.by. 21 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Black, Jeremy (5 July 2005). European Warfare, 1494-1660. Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-134-47708-1.
  5. 1 2 3 Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1729.

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