Магілёў Mahilyow Могилёв Mogilyov
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Location of Mahilyow, shown within the Mahilyow Voblast
Coordinates: 53°55′N 30°21′E / 53.917, 30.35
Country Subdivision	Belarus Mahilyow
Founded	1267
Government
- Mayor	Viktor Shorikov
Population (2004)
- Total	365. Mahilyow Voblasts (Province or Mogilev Oblast (Магілёўская во́бласць Mahilyowskaya Voblasts; Могилёвская о́бласть Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically At the top level of administration the Eastern European country of Belarus is divided into six voblasti ' (or voblastsi, meaning "provinces" Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government 102
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
License plate	6
Website: http://www.city.mogilev.by

Drawing by Napoleon Orda, 1877

Mahilyow, also Mogilev (Belarusian: Магілёў, IPA: [maʝi'lʲou̯]; Łacinka: Mahiloŭ; Polish: Mohylew; Russian: Могилёв, translit. Mogilev, Mogilyov, Mogiljov; Lithuanian: Mogiliavas; Latin: Mohilovia), is a city in eastern Belarus, about 76 km from the border with Russia's Smolensk oblast and about 105 km from the border with Russia's Bryansk oblast. Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time Napoleon Orda ( Febr 11, 1807 -- April 26, 1883) was a Polish-Lithuanian Belarusian ref name="Album_widoków"> musician The Belarusian language, or Belorussian,(беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova, Scientific: belaruskaja mova The Belarusian Latin alphabet (also known as Latsinka (in BGN/PCGN) or Łacinka (in itself from лацінка, informal for the Latin alphabet Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliterating the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet and Lithuanian ( lietuvių kalba) is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognised as one of the official languages of the European Union. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Smolensk (Смоленск is a city in western Russia, located on the Dnieper River, the administrative centre of Smolensk Oblast. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending It has more than 367,788 inhabitants (2007 estimate). ^[1] It is the centre of Mahilyow voblast and the third largest city in Belarus. Mahilyow Voblasts (Province or Mogilev Oblast (Магілёўская во́бласць Mahilyowskaya Voblasts; Могилёвская о́бласть

History

The city was founded in 1267. Since 14th century a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, after the Union of Lublin and creation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was transferred to The Crown as Mohylew or Mogilew. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė old literary Lithuanian Didi Kunigiste Letuvos, Ruthenian: Wialikaje Kniastwa Litowskaje The Union of Lublin (Liublino unija Belarusian: Лю́блінская ву́нія Polish: Unia The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, officially the Commonwealth of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania also known as the Most Serene Republic The city flourished as one of the main nodes of the east-west and north-south trading routes. In 1577 king Stefan Batory granted it with city rights. This article is about the ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th century Magdeburg Rights (Magdeburger Recht or Magdeburg Law were a set of German town laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with After the First Partition of Poland it came into the hands of Imperial Russia and was the centre of the Mogilev guberniya. The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya The Mogilev Governorate ( Mogilevskaya Gubernya) or Government of Mogilev was a Governorate ( Guberniya) of the Russian Empire In years 1915-1917, during World War I, the headquarters of the Russian army functioned in the city and the Tsar, Nicholas II, spent long periods here as Commander-in-Chief. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In 1918 occupied by Germany and transferred to the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Belarusian People's Republic (Белару́ская Наро́дная Рэспу́бліка bʲeɫa'ruskaja na'rodnaja rɛs'publʲika translit In 1919 captured by the forces of Bolshevist Russia and incorporated into Byelorussian SSR. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bolshevist Russia or Bolshevik Russia is a common term for the Bolshevik side in the Russian Civil War, or more specifically the Russian The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (abbreviated as Byelorussian SSR or BSSR) (Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка Between 1941 and 1944 under German occupation. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Since Belarus gaining its independence in 1991 Mahilyow remains one of its principal cities. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.

Economy

Mahilyow is one of the main economical and industrial centres of Belarus. After World War II a huge metallurgy centre with several major steel mills was built. Also, there were several major factories of cranes, cars, tractors and a chemical plant. A crane is a lifting machine equipped with a Winder, Wire ropes or Chains and sheaves that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to A tractor is a Vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high Tractive effort at slow speeds for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used The city is home to a major inland port at the Dnieper river and a domestic airport. For the rocket see Dnepr rocket. For other uses see Dnieper (disambiguation.

Sites of interest

The most striking building of Mahilyow is the six-pillared St. Stanislaw's Cathedral (picture), built in the Baroque style in 1738-52 and distinguished by its energetic murals. Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical The convent of St. Nicholas (picture) preserves its magnificent cathedral from 1668, as well as original iconostasis, belltower, walls, and gates. Minor landmarks include the archiepiscopal palace and memorial arch, both dating from the 1780s, and the enormous theatre in the blend of the Neo-Renaissance and Russian Revival styles. "Neo-Renaissance" is an all encompassing style designation that covers many aspects of those 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither The Russian Revival style (Псевдорусский неорусский стиль is the generic term for a number of different movements within Russian architecture

Demographics

• Belarusians 99. Belarusians or Belorussians (Беларусы Biełarusy previously also spelled Belarussians, Byelorussians and Belorusians, also 8%
• Russian 0. The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries 1%

Language

• Russian 69%
• Belarusian 30%

Religion

Russian Orthodox Church 80%

Notable natives of Mahilyow

• Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, physicist
• Issai Schur, mathematician
• Modest Altschuler, orchestra conductor
• Grandparents of former Canadian professional ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky
• Otto Schmidt, scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician
• Matest M. Agrest, ethnologist and mathematician
• Mikałaj Sudziłoŭski, revolutionary and scientist
• Lev Polugaevsky, International Grandmaster of chess
• Irving Berlin, American composer
• David Pinski, Yiddish playwright
• Charles Jaffe, emigre American chess Master and writer

Sister cities

• Kragujevac, Serbia
• Gabrovo, Bulgaria
• Villeurbanne, France
• Bardejov, Slovakia

External links

• Coat of Arms
• Mogilev on wikimapia
• Images of Mogilev / Mahilyow
• Photos on Radzima.org
• Mahilev City Executive Committee
• Historic images of Mogilev
• Jewish Encyclopedia on Moghilef (Mohilev)
• Weather Mogilev - mogilev.the.by

References