Ma·hi·lyow 
(mə-hē-lou, mä-hē-lyou) or Mo·gi·lev (mŏgə-lĕf′, mə-gĭ-lyôf)
(mə-hē-lou, mä-hē-lyou) or Mo·gi·lev (mŏgə-lĕf′, mə-gĭ-lyôf) A city of east-central Belarus on the Dnieper River east of Minsk. Founded around a castle built in 1267, the city eventually passed to Russia in 1772.