Lyakhchytsy

Lyakhchytsy (Belarusian: Ляхчыцы, romanized: Liachčycy; Russian: Ляхчицы, romanized: Lyakhchitsy; Polish: Lachczyce) is a village in Kobryn District, Brest Region, Belarus.

[1] According to legend, a certain princess Olga was buried on a hill near the settlement of Vladimir-in-Volhynia.

In 1795, the village, along with the rest of eastern Poland, was annexed by the Russian Empire with the effect of the Partitions of Poland.

In 1939, the Soviet Union retook the town and attached it to the Byelorussian SSR.

Between 1941 and 1944, it was occupied by Nazi Germany until its liberation by the Red Army in 1944.

Cross on Prince's Hill