Khalopyenichy

Khalopyenichy Халопенічы (Belarusian)
Urban-type settlement
Khalopyenichy
Coordinates: 54°31′00″N28°58′00″E / 54.51667°N 28.96667°E / 54.51667; 28.96667
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Krupki District
Population  (2025) [1]
• Total	1,336
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Khalopyenichy ^[a] is an urban-type settlement in Krupki District, Minsk Region, Belarus. ^[1] As of 2025, it has a population of 1,336. ^[1]

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.

Notes

1. Belarusian: Халопенічы, romanized: Chalopieničy; Russian: Холопеничи, romanized: Kholopenichi; Lithuanian: Cholopeničiai.

References

1. "Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.