Khotsimsk

Khotsimsk lies on the Besed River in the eastern part of the old Mstsislaw lands. Mentioned as a village in 1398, it had a church, an inn and a mill by 1714. Across the river a town called Radzivilov was established, with a church and synagogue among its buildings. Following the first partition of the Commonwealth in 1772, Radzivilov took the name Khotsimsk and became part of the Krychaw estate held by Potemkin.