Malaryta

Malaryta
Маларыта (Belarusian)
Town
Coat of arms of Malaryta
Coat of arms
Interactive map of Malaryta
Malaryta is located in Belarus
Malaryta
Malaryta
Location within Belarus
Coordinates: 51°47′N 24°05′E / 51.783°N 24.083°E / 51.783; 24.083
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
DistrictMalaryta District
First mentioned1566
Population
 (2026)[1]
 • Total
12,593
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
225910
Area code+375 1651
License plate1

Malaryta or Malorita[a] is a town in Brest Region, in south-western Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative centre of Malaryta District.[1] The name of the city comes from the Ryta River. As of 2026, it has a population of 12,593.[1]

History

Local Catholic church in 1924

Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Malaryta was part of Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. In 1795, Malaryta was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Third Partition of Poland.

From 1921 to 1939, Malaryta (Małoryta) was part of the Second Polish Republic, administratively located in the Polesie Voivodeship.

During the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR. From 22 June 1941 to 20 July 1944, Malaryta was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the Generalbezirk Wolhynien-Podolien of Reichskommissariat Ukraine. The Polish resistance was active in the town and its environs. In July 1942, the Polish resistance assassinated the local German Landrat and a Wehrmacht captain and blew up and derailed a German military transport.[2]

Notable people

Notes

  1. ↑ Belarusian: Малары́та, Belarusian pronunciation: [malaˈrɨta]; Russian and Ukrainian: Малори́та, Russian pronunciation: [mɐlɐˈrʲitɐ], Ukrainian pronunciation: [mɐloˈrɪtɐ]; Polish: Małoryta; Yiddish: מאַלעריטע

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Численность населения на 1 января 2026 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2025 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 8 May 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Witwicka, Katarzyna (2008). "To miasto Pińsk się nazywa". Echa Polesia (in Polish). No. 4 (20). p. 17.
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