Parychy

Parychy is an List of [urban-type settlements in Belarus|urban-type settlement] in Svyetlahorsk District, Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Parychy selsoviet. As of 2025, it has a population of 1,783.

Geography

Parychy is situated on the Berezina River, some north-west of Svyetlahorsk, south-east of Babruysk and north-west of Gomel.

History

The village became part of the Russian Empire after the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
The settlement was captured by the Wehrmacht on 5 July 1941, and the important Jewish community, some 1,700 people, was exterminated in the following years. The settlement was liberated on 26 June 1944, during the Bobruysk offensive.