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Mogilev

Also known as Mahilyow

Mogilev, or Mahilyow, is a city in eastern Belarus on the Dnieper. Part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, it grew into an important trading town and received Magdeburg rights in 1577. It passed to Russia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and in 1915-1917 it was the headquarters of the Russian army.

Mogilev
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