Vasilyevichy
Town in Gomel Region, Belarus
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Vasilyevichy (Belarusian: Васілевічы, romanized: Vasilievičy, IPA: [vasʲiˈlʲevʲitʂɨ]; Russian: Василевичи, romanized: Vasilevichi; Polish: Wasilewicze) is a town in Rechytsa District, Gomel Region, in south-eastern Belarus.[1] As of 2025, it has a population of 3,143.[1] It is located in Polesia, on the railway line between the cities of Mazyr and Rechytsa.[2]
Vasilyevichy
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  Vasilyevichy Location within Belarus | |
| Coordinates: 52°16′N 29°48′E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Gomel Region |
| District | Rechytsa District |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 3,143 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 247550 |
| Area code | +375 2340 |
| License plate | 3 |
History
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Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vasilyevichy was part of Minsk Voivodeship. It was part of the Rzeczyca starostwo of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2] In 1793, the town was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. In 1857, it had a population of 956.[2] The settlement urbanized after a railway line was built through it.[2] In 1884, a meteorological station was established.[2]
During World War II, Vasilyevichy was occupied by the German Army from 25 August 1941 until 18 November 1943.
Climate
Vasilyevichy has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with warm to hot summers, with cold winters, albeit still mild for being so far inland at such a high latitude.
| Climate data for Vasilevichy (1991-2020, extremes 1878-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.8 (96.4) |
38.6 (101.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
38.6 (101.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
12.5 (54.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.4 (34.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
7.7 (45.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.1 (−31.2) |
−34.2 (−29.6) |
−32.6 (−26.7) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−25.5 (−13.9) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−35.1 (−31.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.6 (1.52) |
39.3 (1.55) |
41.9 (1.65) |
48.5 (1.91) |
65.4 (2.57) |
72.7 (2.86) |
94.6 (3.72) |
58.7 (2.31) |
54.8 (2.16) |
55.0 (2.17) |
45.3 (1.78) |
47.2 (1.86) |
662 (26.06) |
| Source: Pogoda.ru.net[3] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Yury Zacharanka (1952–1999), Belarusian minister of internal affairs and oppositional politician abducted and disappeared
