Radashkovichy

Radashkovichy^[a] is an urban-type settlement in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus.^[1] As of 2025, it has a population of 6,149.^[1]

Radashkovichy Радашковічы (Belarusian) Радошковичи (Russian)
Urban-type settlement
Flag Coat of arms
Radashkovichy Location of Radashkovichy, shown within Minsk Region
Coordinates: 54°9′N 27°14′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Maladzyechna District
Population  (2025)[1]
• Total	6,149
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

A watershed of the Vilyeyka-Minsk water system is located nearby.

History

Holy Trinity church in the 1930s

Radoszkowicze was a royal town, administratively located in the Mińsk County in the Mińsk Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.^[2] In 1708, during the Great Northern War, King Charles XII of Sweden stayed in the town for 11 weeks.^[2]

Following the Second Partition of Poland (1793), it was annexed by the Russian Empire, within which it belonged to the Vileysky Uyezd of the Vilna Governorate. In the interbellum, it was part of reborn Poland, within which it was administratively located in the Wilno District 1919–1920, then the Nowogródek Voivodeship in 1921–1922, Wilno Land in 1922–1926, and Wilno Voivodeship afterwards.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union, which annexed it from Poland in 1945. The Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews in the town.^[3]

Coat of arms

On February 23, 1792, the coat of arms was received.

The arms was mentioned in confirmation royal privilege of February 23, 1792. On the arms in a silver background it is represented the stoning of Saint Stephen. In privilege of 1792 the arms is represented in a round shield, there was a version in a baroque shield later. The arms was registered by authorities of Belarus on December 23, 1999.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1859	1,223	—
1866	1,125	−8.0%
1897	2,615	+132.4%
1921	2,459	−6.0%
1931	2,574	+4.7%
2023	6,225	+141.8%
2024	6,214	−0.2%
2025	6,149	−1.0%
Sources:[2][4][5][6][7][1]

• Nationality according to the 1921 Polish census:^[8]

Nationality	Number	percentage (%)
Jews	1,207	49.1
Poles	1,002	40.7
Belarusians	234	9.5
Other	16[9]	0.65
Total	2,459	100.0

Language

• Language according to the Imperial census of 1897.^[4][10]

Language	Number	percentage (%)	males	females
Jewish	1,515	57.9	725	790
Polish	521	19.9	254	276
Belarusian	500	19.1	224	276
Russian	76	2.9	46	30
Other	3[11]	0.1	2	1
Total	2,615	100.0	1,251	1,364

Notes

1. Belarusian: Радашковічы, romanized: Radaškovičy; Russian: Радошковичи, romanized: Radoshkovichi; Polish: Radoszkowicze; Lithuanian: Radaškonys.