Cherykaw

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Cherykaw

Total population

8,144

Air quality index

25Good

Coordinates53.57°, 31.38°

Demographic figures from Belstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cherikov or Cherykaw is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located in the east of the region, on the Sozh River, and serves as the administrative center of Cherykaw District. In 2009, its population was 8,177. As of 2025, it has a population of 7,710.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A

Avraham Arnon

Israeli educator (1887–1960)

Naum Akhiezer

Russian mathematician (1901–1980)

A

Aleksandr Akhiezer

Soviet theoretical physicist (1911–2000)

Meyer Basin

Russian politician (1890–1918)

Isak Lyuban

Soviet composer (1906-1975)

I

Iosif Berkhin

Soviet screenwriter and film director (1904-1964)

Iosif Gusakovsky

Soviet army general (1904–1995)

Viktar Karamazaŭ

Soviet opinion journalist, writer and journalist

A

Aleksandr Kovalyov

Mikhail Kurako

Russian blast-furnace operator and metallurgist (1872-1920)

N

Nikolay Suvorov

Aliaksei Marachkin

Belarusian painter

V

Vladimir Yevseyenko

Elʻazar Mosheh Hurvits

rabbi (1817-1890)

A

Aleksandr Pastrevich

Soviet general (1897-1973)

E

Etta Blekhman

Soviet chemist (1904–2000)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.