Chyhirynka
{{Short description|Village in Mogilev Region, Belarus}}
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|subdivision_name2 =Kirawsk District
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Chyhirynka or Chigirinka ({{langx|be|Чыгірынка|Čyhirynka}}; {{langx|ru|Чигиринка}}) is a village in Kirawsk District, Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is part of Stayki selsoviet.{{cite book |last1=Gaponenko |first1=Irina Olegovna |title=Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Магілёўская вобласць|date=2007 |location=Minsk |publisher=Тэхналогія |page=180 |isbn=978-985-458-159-0}}
History
The village was burned to the ground in 1943 by the Estonian collaborationist 658th Eastern Battalion under Major Alfons Rebane.Voyakina, Natalya & Vladimir Makarov. [http://www.vpk-news.ru/article.asp?pr_sign=archive.2006.145.articles.history_01 "Путь в ЕС под марш СС: Кем же были в действительности эстонские эсэсовцы?"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611075552/http://www.vpk-news.ru/article.asp?pr_sign=archive.2006.145.articles.history_01 |date=11 June 2008 }}. Voyenno-Promyshlennyi Kurier No. 29 (145). 02–08 August 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2009. {{in lang|ru}}
It was liberated in 1944 by the Soviet troops of the 1st Belorussian Front.[http://eng.9may.ru/01.07.1944/eng_inform/m9001000 "June 28th, 1944: From the Soviet Information Bureau".] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720160148/http://eng.9may.ru/01.07.1944/eng_inform/m9001000 |date=20 July 2011 }} Our Victory Day By Day: RIA Novosti Project. RIA Novosti. 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2009.