# Karelichy

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Urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, Belarus

Karelichy Карэлічы (Belarusian) Urban-type settlement Flag Coat of arms Karelichy Location of Karelichy in Belarus Coordinates: 53°34′N 26°08′E / 53.567°N 26.133°E / 53.567; 26.133 Country Belarus Region Grodno Region District Karelichy District Population (2025)[1] • Total 5,546 Time zone UTC+3 (MSK)

**Karelichy**[a] is an [urban-type settlement](/source/Urban-type_settlement) in [Grodno Region](/source/Grodno_Region), in west-central [Belarus](/source/Belarus). It serves as the administrative centre of [Karelichy District](/source/Karelichy_District).[1] As of 2025, it has a population of 5,546.[1]

## History

Market in c. 1935

It was a possession of the [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania), and later a [private town](/source/Private_town) of the [Czartoryski](/source/Czartoryski) and [Radziwiłł](/source/Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82) families, administratively located in the [Nowogródek Voivodeship](/source/Nowogr%C3%B3dek_Voivodeship_(1507%E2%80%931795)) of the [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth).[2] The town was devastated by the [Crimean Tatars](/source/Crimean_Tatars) in 1505 and [Swedes](/source/Swedish_Empire) in 1655.[2] In 1784, King [Stanisław August Poniatowski](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_August_Poniatowski) visited the town.[2] French, Polish and Russian troops passed through the town in 1812.[2]

The town was historically a center of a large Jewish community; its population in 1900 was 1,840.[3]

In the [interwar period](/source/Interwar_period), it was administratively located in the [Nowogródek Voivodeship](/source/Nowogr%C3%B3dek_Voivodeship_(1919%E2%80%931939)) of Poland. Following the [invasion of Poland](/source/Invasion_of_Poland) in September 1939 at the beginning of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the town was first [occupied by the Soviet Union](/source/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)) until 1941, then by [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union, and eventually annexed from Poland.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Notable people

- [Ignacy Domeyko](/source/Ignacy_Domeyko) (from Niedźwiadka village in [Karelichy district](/source/Karelichy_district))

- [Itzhak Katzenelson](/source/Itzhak_Katzenelson)

- Karelitz family, [Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz](/source/Avraham_Yeshayahu_Karelitz), [Nissim Karelitz](/source/Nissim_Karelitz)[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- [Saul Adler](/source/Saul_Adler)

- [David Einhorn](/source/David_Einhorn_(poet)), Jewish writer and poet

## See also

- [Mir Castle Complex](/source/Mir_Castle_Complex)

- [Mir, Belarus](/source/Mir%2C_Belarus)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Карэлічы, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Belarusian): *Kareličy*; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Кореличи, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Russian): *Korelichi*; [Lithuanian](/source/Lithuanian_language): *Koreličiai*; [Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Korelicze*; [Yiddish](/source/Yiddish_language): קארעליץ, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Yiddish): *Korelitz*.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pop_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pop_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pop_1-2) ["Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250329210112/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/). *belsat.gov.by*. Archived from [the original](https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/) on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sgk_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sgk_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-sgk_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-sgk_3-3) *Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV* (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. pp. 400–401.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [JewishGen.org](http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~shtetm~-1944528)

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