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Chysts

Chysts or Chist is a settlement in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Chysts selsoviet. The population is 5,422.

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Chysts
Чысць (Belarusian)
Чисть (Russian)
Chist
Settlement
Chysts
Coordinates: 54°16′06″N 27°06′32″E / 54.26833°N 27.10889°E / 54.26833; 27.10889
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictMaladzyechna District
Founded1955
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
5,422
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Chysts or Chist (Belarusian: Чысць, romanized: Čysć; Russian: Чисть) is a settlement in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Chysts selsoviet.1 The population is 5,422 (2010 estimate).

History

Chysts was founded in 1955 as a work settlement attached to the local peat mining factory, which was active until 1980s, before the peat run out. Since late 1980s the town is primarily known as a location of Zabudova, one of the biggest building material manufacturings in Belarus.23

Notable people

  • Siaržuk Vituška (1965–2012), prominent figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the late Soviet period, historian, columnist and writer.4
References

References

  1. Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 296. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
  2. "Molodechno Raion tourist route". Archived from the original on 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  3. Chist overview
  4. "Вітушка Сяргей" [Siaržuk Vituška]. slounik.org (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
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