[1] Klimavichy is located 124 km (77.05 mi) east of Mogilev on the bank of the Kalinica River.

[1] First references in historical documents are dated by 1581 in relation to Mścisław Voivodship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

It was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II on August 10, 1941, and liberated in October 1943.

At the end of August 1941, 13 Jews were arrested, taken to the Jewish cemetery in order to dig a pit.

The Jews were then displaced near the airport, not far from the village of Dolgaya Gora and were shot by Germans and local policemen.

At the end of November 1941, these Jews were forced to walk to Melovaya Gora, in the area of the town near the Lazhbanka River, and were shot.