Rahachow

{{more references|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Rahachow | native_name = {{native name|be|Рагачоў|italics=off}}<br />{{native name|ru|Рогачёв|italics=off}} | other_name = Rogachev | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Рагачоўскія краявіды 02.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag_of_Rahačoŭ.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Rahačoŭ, Belarus.svg |flag_size = 150 |shield_size = 75 | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Belarus | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Belarus | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Gomel Region | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Rahachow District | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1142 | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 18.06 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2025 |population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/|title=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329210112/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/|archive-date=29 March 2025|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> | population_total = 31,490 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = MSK | utc_offset = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|53|6|N|30|3|E|region:BY|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 136 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 247250 | area_code = +375 2339 | blank_name = Licence plate | blank_info = 3 | website = [http://rogachev.gomel-region.by/ Official website] {{in lang|ru}} | footnotes = }} '''Rahachow''' or '''Rogachev''' ({{langx|be|Рагачоў|Ragachow}}, {{IPA|be|raɣaˈtʂou̯|IPA}}; {{langx|ru|Рогачёв|Rogachjov}}; {{langx|pl|Rohaczów}}; {{langx|yi|ראגאטשאוו}}, {{IPA|yi|ragat͡ʃov|IPA}}) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Rahachow District.<ref name="pop"/> Rahachow is located between the Drut and Dnieper rivers. As of 2025, it has a population of 31,490.<ref name="pop"/>

==History== thumb|left|Early-20th-century view of the castle The town is first mentioned in 1142 in Rus' chronicles.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dimnik |first1=Martin |title=The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146–1246 |date=12 June 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-43684-7 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9wuVyw5QpgC |language=en}}</ref> From the thirteenth century it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania,<ref name=sgk>{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich|volume=IX|year=1888|language=pl|location=Warszawa|pages=687–688}}</ref> and then the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. During the Lithuanian–Muscovite War of 1487–1494, it was captured and destroyed by Muscovite forces in 1492.<ref name=sgk/> From the 16th century it was a royal town, administratively located in the Rzeczyca County in the Minsk Voivodeship.<ref name=sgk/> The development of the town was hindered in the 17th century by Cossack and Russian raids, yet it was considered one of the regional centers of trade, intellectual life and manufacturing.<ref name=sgk/> Local starosts included members of the Strawiński, Sapieha, Bykowski, Judycki, Ogiński, Nieroszyński and Pociej noble families.<ref name=sgk/> At the beginning of the reign of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, the sejmiks (local councils) of the Rzeczyca County were temporarily moved to Rohaczów from Rzeczyca.<ref name=sgk/>

In the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the town was annexed by the Russian Empire.<ref name=sgk/> In 1777, it became the seat of the Rogachev Uezd within the Mogilev Governorate.<ref name=sgk/> In 1781, the coat of arms was granted.<ref name=sgk/>

During World War II, Rahachow was occupied by the German Army from 2 July 1941 to 13 July 1941, and again from 14 August 1941 to 24 February 1944.{{cn|date=February 2026}} thumb|Railway station

==Notable people == Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=They were born in Rogachev region |url=https://rogachev.gov.by/special/ru/oni-rodilis-ru/ |website=rogachev.gov.by}}</ref> * Sergei Bautin (1967–2022), ice hockey player * Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan (1902–1980), artist * Joseph Rosen (1858–1936), rabbi * Lyudmila Shagalova (1923–2012), actress

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==External links== {{Commons category|Rahačoŭ|Rahachow}} * [http://www.radzima.org/pub/miesta.php?lang=en&miesta_id1=horaraha Photos on Radzima.org]

Category:Radimichs Category:Populated places on the Dnieper in Belarus Category:Rahachow Category:Rus' towns