Khislavichi

Khislavichi (, Khoslovitz) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Khislavichsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located by the right bank of the Sozh River. Population:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Khislavichi
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Хиславичи
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Хиславичи Советская1.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: bottom
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Smolensk Oblast#European Russia#Russia
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Smolensk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Khislavichsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Khislavichskoye
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Urban settlement
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: Khislavichsky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Urban-type settlement

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History
Geography
Climate
Economy
Transportation
Culture and recreation
References
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==History== Khislavichi is first mentioned in 1526. It belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and since the 18th century miasteczko (shtetl) Khislavichi () was in Mstsislaw Voivodeship. The last starost of Chosławicze was Jan Ciechanowiecki, appointed by King Augustus III of Poland in 1754.