Vasilyevichy

Also known as Vassilyevichy, Vasilievičy

Vasilyevichy (, ; ; ) is a town in Rechytsa District, Gomel Region, in south-eastern Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 3,143. It is located in Polesia, on the railway line between the cities of Mazyr and Rechytsa.

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Settlement.name: Vasilyevichy
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Vasilievičy_(10).jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Vasilevičy, Belarus.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Vasilevičy, Belarus.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 150
Settlement.shield_size: 75
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gomel Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Rechytsa District
Settlement.population_as_of: 2025
Settlement.population_total: 3,143
Settlement.timezone: MSK

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Wikidata facts

Population: 3089
Elevation: 137
Official website: rechitsa.by/sovet_vasil.html
Image: Vasilevichi 2.jpg
Dialing code: +375 2340

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Commons category: Vasilievičy
native label: Васілевічы
postal code: 247550
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Vasilievičy
Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/vasilevichi_rech/index.htm

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==History== thumb|left|Local school in 1912 Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vasilyevichy was part of Minsk Voivodeship. It was part of the Rzeczyca starostwo of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1793, the town was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. In 1857, it had a population of 956. The settlement urbanized after a railway line was built through it. In 1884, a meteorological station was established.