Mikashevichy

Mikashevichy (Belarusian: Мікашэвічы, Mikaševičy, [mʲikaˈʂɛvʲitʂɨ]; Russian: Микашевичи, Mikashevichi, Polish: Mikaszewicze) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian Brest Region.

Mikashevichy

Мікашэвічы
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Mikashevichy
Coordinates: 52°13′13″N 27°28′25″E
Country Belarus
VoblastBrest Region
RaionLuninets District
Mentioned1785
Population
 (2006)
 • Total13,800
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
225687
Area code(s)+375 1647
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Polish–Soviet War

At the conclusion of World War I, Mikaszewicze held a special place in the political dialogue accompanying the Polish–Soviet War of liberation. The talks started in October 1919 at the small Mikaszewicze railway station and continued until December 1919. During the talks, Marshal Józef Piłsudski informed the Bolshevik delegation that Poland was not supporting the White movement of Anton Denikin in the Russian Civil War. The exchange of prisoners was decided there. However, the talks soon broke down. Already informed about Poland's intentions regarding the Lithuanian–Belorussian front, Bolshevik leaders began a progressive concentration of the Red forces on the interim border with Poland.[1][2]

Sports and culture

The town is home to FC Granit Mikashevichi.

Famous people

Notes
  1. Janusz Cisek (2002). Kosciuszko, We Are Here!: American Pilots of the Kosciuszko Squadron in Defense of Poland, 1919-1921. McFarland. p. 91. ISBN 0786412402.
  2. Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Anatoly V. Torkunov (2015). White Spots—Black Spots: Difficult Matters in Polish-Russian Relations, 1918–2008. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 64. ISBN 0822980959.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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