Zhytkavichy
Homieĺskaja voblasć, Belarus
Why visit Zhytkavichy?
Zhytkavichy (Zhitkovichi) is a town in western Homielskaja voblasć (Gomel Region), administrative center of Zhytkavichy District, with a population of roughly 15,800 (2025). First recorded in 1500, it remained a small settlement until the construction of the Polesskaya (Polesie) Railway in 1886 spurred growth, bringing wood-processing and agricultural industry along with it. A parochial school opened in 1872 and a zemstvo school in 1877. The settlement became part of the Byelorussian SSR on 1 January 1919, was granted urban-type-settlement status in 1938, and received official town status in 1971. It sits in the Polesian wetlands of southern Belarus, a low-lying region of marshes and river floodplains.
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- Marshland walks — the surrounding countryside has characteristic Polesian wetland scenery
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- Turaw (south) — one of the oldest towns in Belarus, an early medieval principality center
- Petrykaw (east) — a Pripyat river town
- Pripyatsky National Park (south) — protected Polesian wetlands
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Guide content as of June 2026.
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