Radashkovichy

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Radashkovichy

|native_name = {{native name|be|Радашковічы}}
{{native name|ru|Радошковичи}}

|image_flag = Flag of Radaškovičy.svg

|image_shield = BIA Radoszkowice COA.png

|image_skyline = Краявід Радашковічаў.jpg

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|shield_size = 75

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|map_caption = Location of Radashkovichy, shown within Minsk Region

|settlement_type = Urban-type settlement

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Belarus

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Minsk Region

|subdivision_type2 = District

|subdivision_name2 = Maladzyechna District

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|population_total = 6,214

|population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|title=Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|archive-date=2 April 2024|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=13 October 2024}}

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|timezone = MSK

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Radashkovichy{{efn|BGN/PCGN romanization.}} ({{langx|be|Радашковічы|Radaškovičy}};{{efn|Official transliteration.}} {{langx|ru|Радошковичи|Radoshkovichi}}; {{langx|pl|Radoszkowicze}}; {{langx|lt|Radaškonys}}) is an urban-type settlement in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. As of 2024, it has a population of 6,214.

A watershed of the Vilyeyka-Minsk water system is located nearby.

History

File:Radaškavičy, Połackaja, Trajecki. Радашкавічы, Полацкая, Траецкі (1930-39).jpg

Radoszkowicze was a royal town, administratively located in the Mińsk County in the Mińsk Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX|year=1888|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=439}} In 1708, during the Great Northern War, King Charles XII of Sweden stayed in the town for 11 weeks.

Following the Second Partition of Poland (1793), it was annexed by the Russian Empire, within which it belonged to the Vileysky Uyezd of the Vilna Governorate. In the interbellum, it was part of reborn Poland, within which it was administratively located in the Wilno District 1919–1920, then the Nowogródek Voivodeship in 1921–1922, Wilno Land in 1922–1926, and Wilno Voivodeship afterwards.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union, which annexed it from Poland in 1945. The Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews in the town.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000624|title=Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Radaškovicy|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=10 January 2024|language=de}}

Coat of arms

On February 23, 1792, the coat of arms was received.

The arms was mentioned in confirmation royal privilege of February 23, 1792. On the arms in a silver background it is represented the stoning of Saint Stephen. In privilege of 1792 the arms is represented in a round shield, there was a version in a baroque shield later. The arms was registered by authorities of Belarus on December 23, 1999.

Demographics

{{Historical populations|1859|1223|1866|1125|1897|2615|1921|2459|1931|2574|2023|6225

|footnote=Sources:{{cite web|url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd_eng.php?reg=95|title=Vileyka district - the city of Radashkovichy|website=Demoscope Weekly|access-date=10 January 2024}}{{cite book|author=|title=Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego|volume=X|year=1932|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=200}}{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/|title=Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/|archive-date=17 April 2023|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=5 October 2023}}}}

Nationality according to the 1921 Polish census:{{cite book|author=|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część II|year=1923|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=78}}

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! |Nationality

! |Number

! |percentage (%)

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|Jews

|1 207

|49.1

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|Poles

|1 002

|40.7

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|Belarusians

|234

|9.5

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|Other

|169 Tatars, 6 Russians, 1 Estonian.

|0.65

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|Total

|2 459

|100.0

=Language=

Language according to the Imperial census of 1897.{{cite book|author= |title=Первая Всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи, 1897 г.|volume=IV|year=1903|language=ru|pages=56–59}}

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! |Language

! |Number

! |percentage (%)

! |males

! |females

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|Jewish

|1 515

|57.9

|725

|790