Bykhov

The city on the right bank of the Dnieper, the district center of the Mogilev region. Here was one of the best ludvisarenas of the 16th-18th centuries, where craftsmen of the highest qualification made cannons, cannonballs, bullets and much more, without which it was simply impossible to live in Europe in the Middle Ages. The famous Bykhov weapons school was also located at the foundry cannon workshop. In the XVII-XVIII centuries. in the city there were only two monumental stone structures: the castle of the feudal lord and the synagogue, all other buildings were wooden. In conditions of sieges and fires, they were destroyed. Preserved with significant losses, only the castle and the synagogue. In 2020, Bykhov had 17,100 inhabitants.