Vysokaye
Town in Brest Region, Belarus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vysokaye or Vysokoye[a] is a town in Kamyenyets District, Brest Region, Belarus. The westernmost point of Belarus is located a few kilometers to the southwest from Vysokaye on the Bug River.[3] As of 2026, it has a population of 4,940.[1] The town has a railway station on the Brest line.
Vysokaye
| |
|---|---|
| |
 Coat of arms | |
  Vysokaye Location within Belarus | |
| Coordinates: 52°22′7″N 23°22′50″E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| District | Kamyenyets District |
| First mentioned | 14th century |
| Population (2026)[1] | |
• Total | 4,940 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 225217 |
| Area code | +375 1643 |
| License plate | 1 |
Etymology
Vysokaye means "high" (same as Polish: Wysokie), as in Wysokie Litewskie (Lithuanian Heights). That was also its name before 1940, when it belonged to Poland. It is about 15 kilometers from Polish border and majority of its citizens are Belarusians.[4]
History
.jpg)
Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Wysokie was a private town of the Sapieha, Jabłonowski and Potocki families,[5] administratively located in the Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. King Stanisław August Poniatowski stopped in the town during his travel from Białystok to his birthplace of Wołczyn in 1775.[5] In 1795, it was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Third Partition of Poland.
From 1921 until 1939, Vysokaye (Wysokie Litewskie) was part of the Second Polish Republic.[citation needed] According to the 1921 census, the town had a population of 2,100, 79.95% Jewish, 18.00% Polish and 1.90% Belarusian.[6]
In September 1939, Vysokaye was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1944, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR. From 23 June 1941 until 28 July 1944, Vysokaye was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of Bezirk Bialystok. The Germans established a ghetto for local Jews. They were murdered on November 2, 1942.[7]
Climate
On 1 January 2023, a temperature of 16.4 °C was recorded in the town, the highest ever January temperature recorded in the country.[8]
| Climate data for Vysokaye (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
8.5 (47.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
1.0 (33.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.3 (39.7) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.6 (0.3) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40.5 (1.59) |
39.0 (1.54) |
35.3 (1.39) |
39.8 (1.57) |
60.3 (2.37) |
66.7 (2.63) |
79.3 (3.12) |
60.1 (2.37) |
56.3 (2.22) |
42.9 (1.69) |
41.0 (1.61) |
43.2 (1.70) |
604.4 (23.80) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 108.8 |
| Source: NOAA[9] | |||||||||||||
Notes
- Belarusian: Высо́кае, romanized: Vysokaje; Russian: Высо́кое, romanized: Vysokoye; Polish: Wysokie; local pronunciation: [ʋɪˈsɔkɛ]; Yiddish: וויסאָקע[2]
