Klimavichy

Klimavichy (Клiмавiчы), or Klimovichi (Russian:Климовичи) is a city in Mahilyow voblast, Belarus, a raion center. First references in historical documents are dated by 1581 in relation to Mscislaw Voivodship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was granted the status of city in 1777.

It was occupied by Nazi Germany during the WWII and liberated in October, 1943.

The city and especially its raion heavily suffered during the Chernobyl disaster.

External link

• Klimavichy raion website