It is located in the east of the region, on the Sozh River, and serves as the administrative center of Cherykaw District.

At the time, it was a part of Kingdom of Poland, and Casimir IV Jagiellon, the king, ordered to have an Orthodox church to be built in Cherykaw.

During the Second World War, the town was occupied by German troops and severely damaged.

[4] The town is located on the highway connecting Roslavl in Russia with Bobruysk.

In particular, the Catholic church was built in 1869, and in the Soviet times was used as a Palace of Culture.