Chysts

Chysts or Chist (Belarusian: Чысць, romanized: Čysć; Russian: Чисть) is a settlement in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Chysts selsoviet.^[1] The population is 5,422 (2010 estimate).

Chysts Чысць (Belarusian) Чисть (Russian) Chist
Settlement
Chysts
Coordinates: 54°16′06″N 27°06′32″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Maladzyechna District
Founded	1955
Population  (2010)	5,422
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

History

Chysts was founded in 1955 as a work settlement attached to the local peat mining factory, which was active until 1980s, before the peat run out. Since late 1980s the town is primarily known as a location of Zabudova, one of the biggest building material manufacturings in Belarus.^[2][3]

Notable people

• Siaržuk Vituška (1965–2012), prominent figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the late Soviet period, historian, columnist and writer.^[4]