Kostyukovichi

Kostyukovichi - city in Belarus. Center of Kostyukovichsky district, Mogilev region. Located on the river Zhadunka. The most eastern of all the cities of Belarus. There is a railway station Kommunary in the town on the line Krichev - Unecha (Russia), road junction to Klimovichi, Krasnopole, Khotimsk, Cherikov, Surazh (Russia).

For the first time, Kostyukovichi is mentioned in chronicles since 1508 as one of the ancient Slavic settlements of the Radiczic tribe.
Kostyukovichi already in the XVI century was a trade center. After the partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772 Kostyukovichi became part of the Russian Empire.
In the middle of the XIX century there were 1,650 people, 310 courtyards, an Orthodox church, a synagogue, a three-county parish school in Kostyukovichi. Crafts were developed: pottery, cooperage, carpentry.
In the years of the pre-war five-year plans, the industry processing local raw materials began to develop in Kostyukovichy. In the 1930s industrial plant, a flax factory, a brick factory «Progress» were built here.

You can learn more about the history of the development of Kostyukovichi in Kostyukovichy Museum of Local History.