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66-574: It is located in the southwestern part of Belarus, bordering the Podlasie and Lublin voivodeships of Poland on the west, the Volyn Oblast and Rivne Oblast of Ukraine on the south, the Grodno Region and Minsk Region on the north, and Gomel Region on the east. The region covers a total area of 32,800 km², about 15.7% of the national total. The westernmost point of Belarus

132-675: A KOP Cavalry Brigade, the 20th Infantry Division and the Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade stationed there. Because of the fast growth of local industry, a local branch of the Polish Radio was opened in 1938. In 1939 Baranavichy had almost 30,000 inhabitants and was the biggest and the most important city in the Nowogródek Voivodeship . After the invasion of Poland , the Soviet Union took

198-552: A World Heritage Site ) is in Podlaskie. There are four National Parks ( Białowieża , Biebrza , Narew and Wigry ), three Landscape Parks ( Knyszyń Forest , Łomża and Suwałki ), 88 nature reserves, and 15 protected landscape areas . The voivodeship constitutes a part of the ecologically clean area known as "the Green Lungs of Poland". Podlaskie has a Warm Summer Continental or Hemiboreal climate (Dfb) according to

264-707: A "cucumber capital", "strawberry capital", "carrot capital", etc. As of 2018, agricultural organizations and farmers kept 861,600 cattle (including 301,100 cows), 491,100 pigs, 10,000 horses, 19,500 sheep, 7,605,000 poultry. In 2017, all types of farms in the region produced 218,700 tons of livestock and poultry meat (in slaughter weight), 1,605,000 tons of milk (second place among the regions of Belarus) and 606.8 million eggs (second place). 52°22′57″N 25°11′59″E  /  52.38250°N 25.19972°E  / 52.38250; 25.19972 Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship ( Polish : Województwo podlaskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔˈdlaskʲɛ] )

330-882: A fairly young city, Baranavichy does not have many cultural heritage monuments. Most are buildings erected in the interwar period , including the Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross , the former Bank of Poland building, the building of the Polish Radio Baranowicze station, the fire station and the Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin . A few old houses from the early 20th century are preserved. There

396-519: A farm was 10.35 ha. Agriculture in Podlaskie Voivodeship is characterized by a high share of agricultural land in good agricultural condition (99.3%) - these include arable land, permanent crops, home gardens, permanent meadows and permanent pastures. 98.9 percent from all land in agricultural holdings, i.e. 1,254.3 thous. ha, belongs to individual farms. Podlaskie Voivodeship has the highest percentage of grassland among all voivodships of

462-552: A powiat centre in the Polish Nowogródek Voivodeship . In 1921, Baranowicze had over 11,000 inhabitants (67% Jews, the rest being mostly Belarusians , Poles and Russians ). Soon, the city started to grow and became an important centre of trade and commerce for the area. The city's Orthodox cathedral was built in the Neoclassical style in 1924 to 1931 and was decorated with mosaics that had survived

528-542: A unit that arranged travel for soldiers and security police, saved six people from a murder squad and another 35 to 40 people who worked for him. The city was liberated by the Red Army on 8 July 1944. It was also the seat of the Baranavichy Voblast from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1944 to 1954. Meanwhile, intensive industrialization took place. In 1991, the city became part of independent Belarus . As

594-624: A varied landscape, shaped in the north by Baltic glaciation, the rest by Middle Poland glaciation. The highest peaks are in the north (Rowelska Top - 298 m), where the landscape is dominated by a hilly lake district. Lakeland: Zachodniosuwalskie, Wschodniosuwalskie, Ełckie) and Sandrowy lake district (Augustów Plain) in the central and southern pre-glacial plains prevail (plateaus: Kolneńska, Białystok, Wysokomazowiecka, Drohiczynska, Sokólskie Hills, Międzyrzecko łomżyński, Plain Bielsko), varied in topography with small basins and river valleys. Kurpie lies on

660-615: Is a voivodeship ( province ) in northeastern Poland . The name of the province refers to the historical region of Podlachia (in Polish, Podlasie ), and part of its territory corresponds to that region. The capital and largest city is Białystok . It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusian oblasts of Grodno and Brest to

726-580: Is a city in Brest Region , western Belarus . It serves as the administrative center of Baranavichy District , though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2024, it has a population of 171,361. It is notable for an important railway junction and is home to Baranavichy State University. The city of Baranavichy is located on the Baranavichy Plain in the interfluve of Shchara and its tributary Myshanka. Baranavichy

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792-471: Is a major junction of the most important railways and highways. There is a close location to the main gas pipeline, a developed system of energy and water supply, and a favourable climate. A number of large industrial enterprises are located in the city. As of 1 January 2019, 81,829 passenger cars are registered in Baranavichy. 146,678 adult residents live in the city. Thus, almost every second citizen of

858-616: Is a railway museum in the city. The city is on the main east–west highway in Belarus, the M1 , which forms a part of European route E30 . The first rail line through the city opened in around 1870. Additional railways built helped the city become an important rail junction. The large airbase , south of the city, is used by the Belarusian Air Force . Baranavichy is twinned with: In 2022 Jelgava , Latvia (2006) suspended

924-461: Is affected by the cold fronts which come from Scandinavia and Siberia . The average temperature in the winter ranges from -15 °C (5 °F) to -4 °C (24.8 °F). One of the cities located in Podlaskie - Suwalki - is called as The Polish North Pole, due to it is coldest temperature average around Poland. Podlaskie Voivodeship is divided into 17 counties ( powiats ): 3 city counties, those being Białystok , Suwałki , and Łomża . It

990-767: Is also divided into 14 land counties, which these 14 counties are further divided into 118 gminas . Metropolitan Białystok was designated by the Voivodeship in the Regulation No. 52/05 of 16 May 2005 in order to help economically develop the region. In 2006, the metropolitan area's population was 450,254 inhabitants. It covers an area of 1.521 km ². For one km , there are about 265 people. Among urban residents there are more women - 192 thousand. For every 100 men, there are 108 women on average. The municipalities adjacent to Białystok are slowly losing their agricultural character, becoming residential suburban neighborhoods. Religion in Podlaskie Voivodeship (2021) Podlaskie

1056-499: Is increasing continuously since the 1950s (17.1% in 1950, 70.5% in 2017). Of the major nationalities living in the Brest Region, 1,262,600 are Belarusians (85%), 128,700 (8.6%) are Russians , 57,100 (3.8%) are Ukrainians , and 27,100 (1.8%) are Poles . 53.7% of the population speak Belarusian and 42.6% speak Russian as their native language. Brest is the province with the highest birth rate in all of Belarus. As of 2008,

1122-411: Is located virtually on a straight line, connecting the regional center Brest (206 km) and Minsk (149 km). Nearby cities: Lyakhavichy (17 km), Slonim (42 km), Nyasvizh (51 km), Navahrudak (52 km), and Hantsavichy (72 km). Baranavichy is located on flat terrain where the height difference does not exceed 20 m (from 180 to 200 m above sea level). The altitude of

1188-400: Is more than 2,000 people per km . The northernmost point of the city is Korolik Street, located to the north of the plant Baranovichsky automatic lines at 53°10' north latitude, and the southernmost is the village of Uznogi located at 53°06' north latitude. The extreme western point is located in the vicinity of Badaka Street at 25°57' east longitude, and the extreme eastern point is located in

1254-1034: Is rich in Baroque churches and monasteries, most notably in Różanystok , Wigry , Sejny , Tykocin , Drohiczyn , Bielsk Podlaski, Siemiatycze , Choroszcz , although there are also churches in other styles, including the Gothic St. Michael and John the Baptist Cathedral in Łomża and Saint John the Baptist church in Wizna , the Renaissance Old Parish Church in Białystok and the adjacent Białystok Cathedral , and Neoclassical Co-cathedral of St. Alexander in Suwałki . The Catholic Sanctuary of

1320-631: Is situated in Kamyenyets District near the town of Vysokaye . 2.7% of the territory is covered by Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park , 9.8% is covered by 17 wildlife preserves of national importance. It is often dubbed the Western gateway to Belarus . Geographically, the Brest Region belongs to the area known as Polesia . The area of the region was part of the Second Polish Republic from 1921 until 1939 largely as

1386-399: Is the land of the confluence of cultures – Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Jewish and Tatar – and is indicative of the ethnic territories limits. Eastward of Podlaskie lie historic Polish lands, which are now part of Ukraine and Belarus and Lithuania . Today, mainly Polish and Ruthenian ( Ukrainian and Belarusian ) are spoken in Podlaskie, while Lithuanian is preserved by

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1452-520: The German occupation . In August 1941, a ghetto (the Baranavichy Ghetto ) was created in the city, with more than 12,000 Jews kept in terrible conditions in six buildings on the outskirts. From March 4 to December 14, 1942, the entire Jewish population of the ghetto was sent to various extermination camps and killed in gas chambers . Only about 250 survived the war. Hugo Armann , head of

1518-619: The Köppen climate classification system, which is characterized by warm temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters. It is substantially different from most of the other Polish lowlands. The region is one of the coldest in Poland, with the average temperature in January being −5 °C (23 °F). The average temperature in a year is 7 °C (45 °F). The number of frost days ranges from 50 to 60, with frost from 110 to 138 days and

1584-621: The Osowiec and Łomża fortresses. There are numerous World War II memorials scattered across the voivodeship, including memorials at the sites of German and Soviet massacres of Poles, and Holocaust memorials. The ruins of the bunker of Captain Władysław Raginis in Góra Strękowa are preserved as a memorial to the heroic Polish defense in the Battle of Wizna . The chief universities of

1650-570: The Polesie Voivodeship , when it was joined to the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic . Northeastern part of it was administered as part of Nowogródek Voivodeship . The Brest Region has a population of 1,380,391, about 14,7% of the national total. About 47.2% of the region's population are men, and the remaining 52.8% are women. Number of inhabitants per 1 km2 is 43. Share of urban population

1716-561: The historic region of Poland called Podlasie , or in Latin known as Podlachia . There are two opinions regarding the origin of the region's name . People often derive it from the Proto-Slavic les or las , meaning "forest", i.e., it is an area "by the wood(s)" or an "area of forests", which would bring Podlasie close in meaning to adjacent Polesia . This theory has been questioned, as it does not properly take into consideration

1782-478: The Brest Region are: There are about 70 travel agencies in Brest Region, most of them provide both agent and operator activities. Main tourist attractions in the region are Belovezhskaya Puscha and Brest Fortress . As of 2017, the industrial output of the region amounted to Br  10,578,000 (~US$ 5,300 million), or 11.2% of the Belarusian industrial output. Food industry is the leading economy sphere in

1848-679: The Brest Region arrived in Minsk, 2,219 — in the Minsk Region, 2,118 — in the Hrodna Region, less than 1,000 — in every other region. The region was formed in 1939 after reunification of Western Belarus and the Byelorussian SSR . Today it comprises 16 districts ( raions ), 225 rural councils ( selsoviets ), 20 cities, 5 city municipalities, 9 urban-type settlements , and 2178 villages. The sixteen raions ( districts ) of

1914-571: The Jagiellons . Hence pod Lachem would mean "near the Poles", "along the border with Poland". The Lithuanian name of the region, Palenkė , has exactly this meaning. The voivodeship was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Białystok and Łomża Voivodeships and the eastern half of the former Suwałki Voivodeship , pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It has

1980-776: The Presentation of Virgin Mary in Różanystok , Sanctuary of Our Lady of Studzieniczna in Augustów and Christ's Transfiguration Orthodox church on the Grabarka Holy Mount are important pilgrimage destinations. The Mannerist-Baroque Tykocin Synagogue in Tykocin, one of the best preserved historic synagogues in Poland, and one of the few not destroyed by Nazi Germany, houses a museum. The largest museum dedicated to

2046-558: The REGON register in the year 2002 there were around 95 thousand companies registered in the Podlaskie region (97% of them in the private sector), dealing with; Arable land constitutes around 60% of the total area of the region – most of which is ploughland (around 40%), forests, meadows and pastures. Over 120 000 farms are registered, roughly half of which are small farms of 1–5 ha and medium-sized farms of 5–10 ha. The smaller farms prefer intensive production (gardening, orcharding), whereas

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2112-700: The area belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1569, and the southern part of it—until 1795. A better variant of the latter theory holds that the name originates from the period when the territory was within the Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , along the border with Mazovia Province, primarily a fief of the Poland of the Piasts , and later part of the Kingdom of Poland of

2178-622: The birth rate was 12.0 per 1000 and death rate was 13.4 per 1000. In 2017, 12.4% of live births were to unmarried women (average in Belarus — 18.1%). As of 2018, share of the population under working age was 19.3% (average in Belarus — 17.9%), of working age — 55.7% (average in Belarus — 57.2%), over working age — 25% (average in Belarus — 25.1%). In 2015—2017, the region had a positive net migration rate for international migration (+3,209 in 2015, +1,771 in 2016, +1,357 in 2017) and negative — for internal migration (-6,294 in 2015, -3,659 in 2016, -1,836 in 2017). In 2017, 6,944 people which departed from

2244-462: The city is 193 m above sea level. The total length of the city is 10 km from west to east and 7 km from south to north. The city is somewhat extended (by 8 km) in the southwest (from Brestskaya Street) to the northeast (to Fabrichnaya Street) and compressed (6.3 km) in the north (Sovetskaya Street) to the southeast (Frolenkov street). The total area occupied by the city is 80.66 km . (8066 ha as of 12 August 2012). The population density

2310-546: The city on 17 September 1939 and annexed it to the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic . The local Jewish population of 9,000 was joined by approximately 3,000 Jewish refugees from the Polish areas occupied by Germany . After the start of Operation Barbarossa , the city was seized by the Wehrmacht on June 27, 1941. It was part of Generalbezirk Weißruthenien in Reichskommissariat Ostland during

2376-590: The city owns a passenger car. The city of Baranavichy is not only one of the largest cities of Belarus in terms of population (eighth largest in the country) but also one of the most important industrial, cultural, and educational centers of Belarus. At the beginning of 2010, Baranavichy had 21 sister cities, including Russian Mytishchi (Moscow Oblast), Vasileostrovsky district of St. Petersburg, Finnish Heinola, Austrian Stockerau , Polish Biala Podlaska, Gdynia, Sulentsin povet, Chinese Chibi, Italian Ferrara, Latvian Jelgava, Ukrainian Poltava, Novovolynsk and others. In

2442-495: The country (almost 20% of the area). This is used to develop dairy and beef cattle farming. Podlaskie has the largest cattle stock in Poland (the average herd size in 2016 is 37.9). In terms of milk producing, the voivodeship, together with the Masovian Voivodeship, ranks first in the country. Podlaskie Voivodeship receive about 20% of the total production in the country. Cereals is an important crops grown in

2508-605: The demolition of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw . In 1930, a monument to Hungarian Lieutenant colonel Artur Buol, a hero of Polish fights in the Polish–Soviet War , was unveiled in Baranowicze. In the interbellum, the grandparents and the father of Polish politicians Lech Kaczyński and Jarosław Kaczyński lived in Baranowicze. The city was also an important military garrison , with

2574-697: The dominant religions in Podlaskie Voivodeship are Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. The voivodeship's seat is the city of Białystok . Like all voivodeships, it has a government-appointed Provincial Governor ( Polish : wojewoda ), as well as an elected Regional Assembly ( sejmik ) and of the executive elected by that assembly, headed by the voivodeship marshal ( marszałek województwa ). Administrative powers and competences are statutorily divided between these authorities. The voivodeship contains 3 cities and 37 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2019) Towns: The Gross domestic product (GDP) of

2640-450: The duration of snow cover from 90 to 110 days. Mean annual rainfall values oscillate around 550 millimetres (21.7 in), and the vegetation period lasts 200 to 210 days. Podlaskie is the coldest region of Poland, located in the very northeast of the country near the border with Belarus and Lithuania . The region has a continental climate which is characterized by high temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters. The climate

2706-540: The east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and Marijampolė to the northeast, and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia to the north. The province was created on 1 January 1999, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998, from the former Białystok and Łomża Voivodeships and the eastern half of the former Suwałki Voivodeship . The voivodeship takes its name from

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2772-600: The history of the region is the Podlaskie Museum in Białystok with branches in Białystok, Bielsk Podlaski, Choroszcz, Supraśl, Tykocin and Turośń Kościelna . Białystok is home to the Sybir Memorial Museum, the main Polish museum devoted to history of Russian deportations of Poles to Siberia . There is a museum dedicated to Polish poet Maria Konopnicka at her birthplace in Suwałki . There are also

2838-601: The land owned by peasants of the villages near the new station (Svetilovichi, Gierow and Uznogi). More convenient than the landlords' land, its lease terms and proximity to administrative agencies contributed to the rapid growth of this settlement. At the beginning of World War I, Baranavichy was the location for the Stavka , the headquarters of the Russian General Staff, until the Great Retreat . After

2904-434: The larger ones engage in cattle and crop production. The cattle-raising farms are mainly oriented towards milk production. In June 2015, the total area of land in agricultural holdings in the Podlaskie Voivodeship amounted to 1,243.3 thousand hectares. ha. Agricultural land occupied 1058.3 thousand. ha, forests and forest land - 134.7 thous. ha, while the remaining land - 50.4 thous. ha. The average area of agricultural land in

2970-435: The percentage of females in the total population amounted to 51.3 percent. A statistical inhabitant of Podlaskie was 37.7 years old, whereas in 2008 – 37.5 years old. The latest population projection predicts a consistent decrease in the population in Podlaskie Voivodeship. In the next 26 years, it will decrease by 117 thousand persons due to the ageing population. Population according to 2002 census: According to 2021 census

3036-470: The province was around 11 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 2.2% of Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €15,200 or 50% of the EU average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 57% of the EU average. Podlaskie Voivodeship is the province with the 5th lowest GDP per capita in Poland. The following are general economic indicators for Podlaskie Voivodeship: According to

3102-1306: The region (47.6% of the region's industrial output). The biggest industrial plants in the region are "Savushkin produkt" (dairy products), "Santa Bremor" (fish products), Brestgazoapparat (gas equipment, including "Gefest" cookers; all three are situated in Brest ), "Pinskdrev" in Pinsk (furniture, matches and other wood products), "Polesie" in Kobryn (toys and plastic products). Other major factories are machine tool plant "Atlant", cotton factory, military jet fighters repair plant (all three are situated in Baranavichy (Baranovichi) ), sugar plant in Zhabinka , "Polesie" textile and garment factory in Pinsk , "Ivacevichidrev" wood products plant in Ivacevichi , "Granite" quarry in Mikashevichi , "Belsolod" malt factory in Ivanava (the only such plant in Belarus). Food factories in

3168-438: The region and themainly: wheat , rye , barley , oat , triticale , cereal mixtures, grain maize, millet , buckwheat . Other crops grown by farmers include, among others, potatoes , oil seeds , forage plants (green fodder , carrots , beets , turnips or alfalfa ). The natural conditions of the region are conducive to the development of organic growing, which at present is practised by around 100 farms. Over 600 farms in

3234-458: The region offer agritourist services. The Białowieża Forest is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . There are five Historic Monuments of Poland in the voivodeship: There are several castles and palaces in the region, including the Branicki Palace and Lubomirski Palace in Białystok, Royal Castle in Tykocin , Branicki Summer Palace in Choroszcz , Ossoliński Palace in Rudka , and Buchholtz Palace in Supraśl . There are two spa towns in

3300-789: The region produced 153.9 thousand tons of meat and offal in 2017, 90 thousand tons of sausage products, 29.7 thousand tons of meat semi-finished products, 71.8 tons of fish and semi-finished products (including canned fish), 551.9 thousand tons of whole milk products, 47.2 thousand tons of cottage cheese , 66.1 thousand tons of cheese , 21.3 thousand tons of butter , 108.2 thousand tons of flour, 2.5 million decalitres of beer and 4.3 million decalitres of distilled alcoholic beverages. Textile and garment factories produced 56,361 thousand m of fabrics in 2017, 994 thousand m of carpets, 5.9 million pieces of all types of knitwear, 1.9 million pieces of outerwear (except knitwear), 28.4 million pairs of socks and similar hosiery, 623 thousand shoes. Electrical plants in

3366-525: The region produced 242.2 thousand electric engines (alternating current), 4800 transformers, 899 thousand lamps. Brest lamp factory is producing incandescent light bulbs , 2 factories are engaged in production of diodes and printed circuit boards . Byarozaŭskaja (Berezovskaya) thermal power plant in Byaroza District is one of the biggest power plants in Belarus (1095 MW , 4.8 GW·h annually). As of 2018, it had 4 power generating units with combined cycle gas turbines . As of 2017, total cultivated area in

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3432-624: The region was 930,000 hectares , including 844,400 hectares of land used by agricultural organizations (mainly state-owned), 17,900 hectares — by the registered farmers, and 67,700 hectares — by personal farms of the population. 383,800 hectares of fields were used to grow cereals , 52,800 — rapeseeds , 21,800 — sugar beets , 5,700 — flax , 56,300 — potatoes , 12,700 — vegetables , 392,800 — feed crops. Big agricultural organizations harvest almost all cereals, flax, sugar beets, rapeseeds and feed crops, while farmers (both registered and not) harvest more than 90% of potatoes (1,144,400 tons of 1,266,200 in

3498-499: The region) and vegetables (409,400 tons of 439,200 in the region). Average cereal yield in the region in 2017 was 3,480 kg per hectare (average in Belarus — 3,330), sugar beet yield — 43,900 kg per hectare (average in Belarus — 49,900), flax fiber yield — 1,160 kg per hectare (average in Belarus — 920). Due to warm mild climate and personal activity, the region leads in the production of many fruits, vegetables and berries in Belarus. Several villages are widely known as

3564-422: The richness of the animal world. Visitors can also see moose, wolves, lynx and bison living in the Białowieża Forest and Knyszyń Forest . Podlaskie has the lowest population density of the sixteen Polish voivodeships, and its largely unspoiled nature is one of its chief assets. Around 30% of the area of the voivodeship is under legal protection. The Polish part of the Białowieża Forest biosphere reserve (also

3630-417: The second half of the 17th century, Baranavichy housed the Jesuit mission. In the second half of the 18th century, Baranavichy was the property of Massalski and Niesiołowski families. The village was administratively part of the Nowogródek Voivodeship until the Third Partition of Poland (1795) when it was annexed by Imperial Russia . In the 19th century, it belonged to the Countess E.A. Rozwadowski . It

3696-439: The settlement was left by the Germans, it was captured on January 5, 1919, by the Soviets. In the early stages of the Polish–Soviet War , it was briefly captured by the Poles on 18 March 1919 and again captured, for longer, in April 1919, five months after Poland regained independence. The Russians retook it on 17 July 1920, but the Poles took it again on 30 September 1920. On 1 August 1919, it received city rights and became

3762-409: The small but compact Lithuanian minority concentrated in the Sejny County. At the end of 2009 in Podlaskie Voivodeship there were 1,189,700 inhabitants, 3.1 percent of the total population of Poland. The average density of the population, the number of the population per 1 km2, was 59. The urban population in the same period was 60.2 percent of the total number of inhabitants of the voivodeship, where

3828-435: The station from the south was the May 27, 1884 decision by the governor of Minsk to build a town, Rozvadovo, on the lands of the landlord, Rozwadowski. The town was built according to the governor's approved plan. In the village were 120 houses and 500 people. The plans approved by Emperor Alexander III assumed that there would also be one railway linking Vilnius , Luninets , Pinsk , and Rovno . Therefore, 2.5 km from

3894-410: The station, the Moscow-Brest railway crossed the track Vilnius-Rovno from Polesie railways. At the junction was another station, Baranavichy (according to Polesie Railways), which became the second centre of the city. As before, workers and traders settled near the station. The new settlement was called New Baranavichy, unlike Rozvadovo, which became informally called Old Baranavichy. It was developed on

3960-407: The vicinity of the intersection of Egorov Street and Kashtanovaya Street at 26°04' east longitude. The geometric center of the city is Lenin Square. In total, the city has about five hundred streets and lanes with an overall length of 252.8 km, 129.8 km of which are landscaped and of which 240 km are lit. The city of Baranavichy is characterized by a favourable geographical position and

4026-580: The voivodeship are the University of Białystok , Medical University of Białystok and Bialystok University of Technology . Additionally, Podlasie Białystok is one of the top athletics clubs in the country. Baranavichy Baranavichy ( / b ə ˈ r ɑː n ə v ɪ tʃ i / bə- RAH -nə-vitch-ee ; Belarusian : Баранавічы , IPA: [baˈranavʲitʂɨ] ; Russian : Барановичи , romanized :  Baranovichi [bɐˈranəvʲɪtɕɪ] ; Yiddish : באַראַנאָוויטש ; Polish : Baranowicze ; Lithuanian : Baranovičiai )

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4092-423: The voivodeship: Augustów and Supraśl . Augustów and Rajgród are popular summer destinations owing to their lakes. Białystok is known for its public parks and gardens, including the Branicki Garden and Planty Park . Tykocin and Supraśl are primary examples of preserved historic small towns in the voivodeship. The Baroque town halls in Białystok and Bielsk Podlaski are home to local museums. The voivodeship

4158-468: The vowel shifts "a" > "e" > "i" in various Slavic languages (in fact, it mixes vowels from different languages). Heavily wooded Podlaskie is home to the primeval Białowieża Forest and National Park, the habitat of the European wisent bison and tarpan . A second view holds that the term comes from the expression pod Lachem , i.e., "under the Poles" (see: Lechia ). Some claim it to mean "under Polish rule", which does not seem historically sound, as

4224-436: The west edge of the outwash plains. Sand, gravel, clay, moraine, and in the valleys and basins of the rivers silt, sand and river peat predominate on the surface. The vast forests ( Białowieża , Augustów , Knyszyń , Kurpiowska ), some of which are the only ones in Europe to have retained their original character, contain a unique wealth of flora and fauna. The vegetation of the region is extremely diverse, which contributes to

4290-402: Was in the testament of A.E Sinyavskaya in 1627. Then, in 1871, not far from the station, the locomotive depot was built. In 1874 came the appearance of the railway junction . In the wooden station buildings lived the railway workers of Baranavichy. The new railway linked Moscow with the western outskirts of Imperial Russia. The impetus for more intensive settlement of the areas adjacent to

4356-427: Was part of the Novogrodek (now Navahrudak ) okrug , which was part of Slonim Governorate, the Lithuania Governorate, the Grodno Governorate and then the Minsk Governorate . The town's history began on 17 (29) November 1871, the beginning of construction of a movement to the new section of the Smolensk-Brest. The name of the station arose during the construction of the nearby village, Baranavichy, whose first mention

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