Hančaroŭka

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Cross at the local cemetery
Cross at the local cemetery

The village of Hančaroŭka (Belarusian: Ганчароўка, IPA: [ɤɐʌntʃɐ'rowkɐ]) is located in Babruysk Raion of Mahilyow Voblast. The name Hančaroŭka probably originates from the Belarusian word hančar (ганчар-). It was founded in 1925 by the peasants of the local villages. In 1926 there were 5 houses and 23 people in the village. In 1934 kolkhoz "Stalin's victory" was founded. In 1941-1944 the village was occupied by the Nazi troops. In 1967 the village Novaja Vioska (New village) was incorporated in Hančaroŭka. In 1997 it was 78, in 2008 - 61 people living in Hančaroŭka. At the village cemetery there is a monument established in 1975 in memory of the soviet soldiers.

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Ганчароўка // Памяць. Бабруйскі раён : Гісторыка-дакументальныя хронікі гарадоў і раёнаў Беларусі / Гал. рэд. Г.П. Пашкоў. –Мн., 1998. – с.196