Mahilyow
Mogilev, or Mahilyow, is a city in eastern Belarus.
Mogilev, or Mahilyow, is a city in eastern Belarus. It is located on the Dnieper River, about 76 kilometres from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and 105 km from Bryansk Oblast. As of 2025, it has a population of 352,896. In 2011, its population was 360,918, up from an estimated 106,000 in 1956. It serves as the administrative centre of Mogilev Region, and is the third-largest city in Belarus.
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Worth seeing in and around Mahilyow
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Spartak Stadium
Spartak Stadion is a football stadium in Mogilev, Belarus. It is the home stadium of Dnepr Mogilev of the Belarusian Premier League.
1.4 km · football stadium in Belarus · Wikipedia - 02Church of Saint Stanislaus in Mahilioŭ
The Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and St. Stanislaus (Belarusian: Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі і св.
2.3 km · church in Mogilev, Belarus · Wikipedia - 03Mahilyow State A. Kulyashow University
Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University is a regional educational and scientific centre situated in Mogilev city, Belarus. Mogilev Republic A. Kuleshov University was founded in 1913.
2.3 km · Belarusian university · Wikipedia - 04Cold Synagogue, Mogilev
The Cold Synagogue or Školišča Synagogue was a synagogue located near the intersection of Vyalikaja Hramadzianskaya and Pravaya Naberezhnaya Streets, in Mogilev, Belarus. The wooden synagogue was established in c. 1680, sited adjacent to a cheder.
2.9 km · destroyed wooden synagogue in Mogilev, Belarus · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Museum of Ethnography
It is wonderful but do check opening days/times in advance.
- 02St Nicholas Monastery
The 1668 Cathedral dome is being restored and the iconostasis and frescos are magnificent inside.
- 03Buinichi Field
A war memorial chiefly to the World War II soldiers and civilians who defended the city for 23 days in July 1941 when Belarus was part of the USSR.
- 04Slavy Square
Location of the Town hall with small museum inside.
- 05City Hall
One of the most interesting landmarks of the town.
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Things to do
Star Gazer Square. For luck you are supposed to sit in one of the 12 chairs, make a wish then walk full circle around the star gazer before touching the finger you can reach. The zoo. The animals are not extensive and many are in large cages at the entrance but they are well cared for.
- 01Mogilev Zoo
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Getting to Mahilyow
- Airports
- Minsk National (MSQ), 151 km
- Minsk → Mahilyow182 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · $16–22
- Brest → Mahilyow486 km · quickest by road, 7h 32m · $43–60
- Moscow → Mahilyow509 km · quickest by road, 10h 58m · ₽2,110–2,810
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mahilyow
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mahilyow. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundLocal transportation system includes buses, trolleys and minibuses (marshrutkas).
- Get aroundThey are quite cheap: buses and trolleys in March 2008 were roughly US$0.25, and minibuses were around US$0.40.
From Wikivoyage: Mogilev, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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