Shchytkavichy

Shchytkavichy or Shchitkovichi (Belarusian: Шчыткавічы, romanized: Ščytkavičy; Russian: Щитковичи; Polish: Szczytkowicze) is an agrotown in Staryya Darohi District, Minsk Region, Belarus.

[4] In the second half of the 19th century, Marie von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Duchess of Hohenlohe, daughter of Stefania Radziwiłł and Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, sold the territory of the former Principality of Slutsk (including Shchytkavichy) under pressure of Tsar Alexander III of Russia.

The Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw store architectural drawings of the folwark and the village of Szczytkowicze,[7] dated between 1815 and 1873.

The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (Volume 10th, page 527) mentions: Sielec, a large swamp on the southern edge of the Igumen county, in the area between the villages Szczytkowicze and Porzecze, belongs to the Porzecze Radziwiłł estate, in the Omelno municipality.

Since 25 August 1991, Shchytkavichy has belonged to the Republic of Belarus; on 8 October 2010; the village received the status of an agrotown.

Saints Cosmas and Damian 's Eastern Orthodox Church in Shchitkovichi, photographed in 1912.