
Mogilev, or Mahilyow (Belarusian: Магілёў; Russian: Могилёв, translit. Mogilev, Mogilyov) is a city in eastern Belarus, close to the border to Russia. It has more than 356,500 inhabitants (census of 14 February 1999). It is the centre of Mahilyow Voblast and the third largest city in Belarus.
History
The city was founded in 1267. Since 14th century a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, after the Union of Lublin and creation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was transferred to The Crown as Mohylew or Mogilew. The city flourished as one of the main nodes of the east-west and north-south trading routes. In 1577 king Stefan Batory granted it with city rights. After the First Partition of Poland it came into the hands of Imperial Russia and was the center of the Mogilev guberniya. In years 1915-1917, during World War I, the headquarters of the Russian army functioned in the city. In 1918 occupied by Germany and transferred to the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic. In 1919 captured by the forces of Bolshevist Russia and incorporated into Byelorussian SSR. Between 1941 and 1944 under German occupation. Since Belarus gaining its independence in 1991 Mogilev remains one of its principal cities.
We met there Anton, Katja, Masha and so on
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