Luchyn

Luchyn
Лучын (Belarusian)
Agrotown
The P-39 local road through Luchyn
Luchyn
Coordinates: 53°00′47″N 30°00′43″E / 53.01306°N 30.01194°E / 53.01306; 30.01194
CountryBelarus
RegionGomel Region
DistrictRahachow District
Village councilZabalatsky village council
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
854
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
247280[2]
Area code+375 2339

Luchyn[3], or Luchin (Belarusian: Лучын; Russian: Лучин; Lithuanian: Lučinas; Polish: Łuczyn) is an agrotown located in the Zabalatsky village council of the Rahachow district of the Gomel region of Belarus. Luchyn is situated on the western bank of the Dnieper river, bisected by the P-39 local road. Luchyn is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the city of Rahachow.

History

The earliest mention of Luchyn in a contemporary record is a 4 March 1480 duty-free charter to a burgher (meshchanin) of Minsk named Lutse Tereshkovichy under the reign of Casimir IV Jagiellon during the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The charter exempts Tereshkovichy from being charged taxes at the ports of certain towns along the Dnieper, including Luchyn.[4] Luchyn was later mentioned in a 1548 letter from Bona Sforza to the governor of Rogachev regarding complaints of residents of Luchyn.[1] Another mention occurred in 1593 as Luchyn was listed as affiliated with the Church of Saint Nicholas near cemeteries dedicated to the Kachytski family.[1]

After the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, Luchyn was annexed from the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Russian Empire and integrated into the Lukovskaya volost in the Rogachev Uezd of the Mogilev Governorate.[1] In 1858, Dmitry Solomirsky owned property in Luchyn, notified within the census.[1] In 1919, Luchyn and the Rogachev Uezd was transferred to the Gomel Governorate of the Soviet Union. Luchyn was absorbed into the Babruysk Uezd of the Gomel Governorate in 1924, before the territory was given to the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1926. Luchyn was integrated into the Babruysk Okrug on 26 July 1930. Luchyn became part of the Gomel region on 20 February 1938.[5][6] Luchyn was the administrative center of the Luchyn village council of the Rahachow district from 20 August 1924 to the village council's abolition on 1 December 2009, being transferred to the Zabalatsky village council.[7]

During Operation Barbarossa of World War II in 1941, Luchyn was invaded and partially burned by the Germans in 1941, and again in 1944 upon the German retreat following the Mogilev offensive of Operation Bagration by the Soviet Union. Luchyn was liberated by the Soviet Union on 26 June 1944 by the 1st Belorussian Front.[8][9][10] A monument to Soviet soldiers and Luchyn villagers killed during the war was erected in Luchyn.[1]

On 29 March 2011, Luchyn was designated as an agrotown.[11]

Luchyn has been repeatedly studied for its archaeological relevance, as far back as 1896. According to Russian archaeologist E. R. Romanov, the town of Luchyn had discoveries of Kievan Rus'-era grand ducal silver rubles, a chest of similarly-aged silver articles, and two nearby forts containing remains of soldiers prior to 1912, and 130 burial mounds discovered in 1896.[12] In 1956 and 1957, Neolithic and Bronze Age flint tools and ceramics were discovered and excavated at various sites around Luchyn.[13] In the 21st century, the Belarusian Telegraph Agency reported on archaeological evidence discovered by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in July 2025 from sites around Luchyn indicated settlement since the 12th and 13th centuries, through roughly 400 discovered artifacts presumed to be from the High Middle Ages. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the area around Rahachow, including Luchyn, was at the border of the Kievan Rus' principalities of Smolensk, Polotsk and Chernigov. Additionally, Luchyn was along the route from the Varangians to the Greeks due to its proximity to the Dnieper.[14]

Notable people

Heritage listings

Luchyn contains the following cultural heritage listings, designated by the Belarusian government.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Віктаравіч Марцэлеў, Станіслаў (30 June 2005). Гарады і вёскі Беларусі [Towns and Villages of Belarus - Gomel oblast - Book 2] (in Russian). Vol. 2 (Гомельская вобласць Кніга II ed.). Minsk, Belarus: Рэспубліканскае унітарнае прадпрыемства «Выдавецтва «Беларуская Энцыклапедыя» імя Петруся Броўкі». p. 262. ISBN 9789851103306. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Лучинский поселковый совет, Рогачевский район, Гомельская область" [Luchinsky council, Rogachevskiy raion, Homiel voblast]. blr.postcodebase.com (in Russian). Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  3. ^ Unknown (in Belarusian). Archived from the original on 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ Anužytė, Lina (2004). LIETUVOS METRIKA Knyga Nr. 4 (1479-1491) [LITHUANIAN METRICA Book No. 4 (1479-1491)] (PDF) (in Old Ruthenian). Vilnius, Lithuania: Leidykla "Žara". p. 141. ISBN 9789986341277. Retrieved 13 January 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ^ H. P. Paškoŭ, ed. (2004). Гарады і вёскі Беларусі : энцыклапедыя. Т. 1, кн. 1. Гомельская вобласць [Cities and Villages of Belarus: Encyclopedia. Volume 1, Book 1: Gomel Region] (in Belarusian). Vol. 1. Minsk, Belarus: Piatrus Brouka Belarusian Encyclopedia. ISBN 9789851103030.
  6. ^ H. P. Paškoŭ, ed. (2005). Гарады і вёскі Беларусі : энцыклапедыя. Т. 2, кн. 2. Гомельская вобласць [Cities and Villages of Belarus: Encyclopedia. Volume 2, Book 2: Gomel Region] (in Belarusian). Vol. 2. Minsk, Belarus: Piatrus Brouka Belarusian Encyclopedia. ISBN 9789851103306.
  7. ^ Гомельский областной Совет депутатов (1 December 2009). Об изменении административно-территориального устройства Рогачевского района Гомельской области* [On changes to the administrative-territorial structure of Rogachev District, Gomel Region.] (PDF) (No. 287 9/27868, Section 9) (in Belarusian). p. 5. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  8. ^ H. P. Paškoŭ, ed. (1999). Беларуская энцыклапедыя : у 18 тамах [Belarusian Encyclopedia: in 18 volumes] (in Belarusian). Vol. 9. Minsk, Belarus: Piatrus Brouka Belarusian Encyclopedia. p. 379. ISBN 9789851101555.
  9. ^ Varikova, Svetlana I. (2019). Помнить, чтобы жить : к 75-летию освобождения деревни Лучин Рогачевского района Гомельской области от немецко-фашистских захватчиков [Remember to live: on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the village of Luchin, Rogachev district, Gomel region, from Nazi invaders] (in Russian). Minsk, Belarus: Kolorgrad. ISBN 9789855963159.
  10. ^ Varikova, Svetlana I.; Tamashkova, Galina (2017). История деревни Лучин [History of the village of Luchin] (in Russian). Minsk, Belarus: Kolorgrad. ISBN 9789857189199.
  11. ^ Гомельский областной Совет депутатов (29 March 2011). Рашэнне Рагачоўскага раённага Савета дэпутатаў («Аб пераўтварэнні населеных пунктаў Рагачоўскага раёна ў аграгарадкі») [Decision of the Rogachev District Council of Deputies ("On the Transformation of Settlements of Rogachev District into Agro‑Towns")] (PDF) (No. 59 9/41681) (in Belarusian). p. 1. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  12. ^ Romanov, Evdokim Romanovich (1912). "Археологические разведки в Могилевской губернии" [Archaeological exploration in the Mogilev province] (pdf). Unknown (in Russian). Vilnius, Russian Empire: 9. Retrieved 24 January 2026 – via National Library of Belarus.
  13. ^ "Стаянка-1 перыяду неаліту" [Neolithic settlement (Site 1)]. heritage.gov.by (in Belarusian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  14. ^ "About 400 artifacts unearthed in Rogachev District". eng.belta.by. Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
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