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Janavičy
Janavičy ( be, Я́навічы ''Janavičy'', russian: Яновичи ''Yanovichi'', pl, Janowicze) is a town in the Vitebsk District in Belarus. It is located about 36 kilometers east of Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci .... The population is 929 inhabitants (2009). History In 1939, Janavičy had 709 Jewish residents (34.8% of the total population). On August 15, 1941, 149 Jews from the village were shot in the nearby village of Valki. On September 10, 1941 a ghetto of Jews in the village was liquidated and the inhabitants shot in the nearby village of Zaitsevo. References External links * {{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Belarus Populated places in Vitebsk Region Vitebsk Voivodeship Vitebsky Uyezd Jewish Belarusian history Holocau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban-type Settlements In Belarus
According to a 1998 law of the Republic of Belarus, there are three categories of urban-type settlements in Belarus: *Urban settlements ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitebsk District
Vitebsk District ( be, Віцебскі раён, russian: Витебский район, Vitebsk Raion) is a district of Belarus in Vitebsk Region. The administrative center of the district is the city of Vitebsk, administratively separated from the district. The most populated town of the district itself is Ruba. Geography Situated in the eastern side of its Voblast and crossed by the Vitba river; Vitebsk District borders, from north to south, with the districts of Haradok, Shumilina, Beshankovichy, Syanno Syanno or Senno ( be, Сянно; russian: Сенно́; pl, Sienno; lt, Siano) is a city in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is southwest of Vitebsk on the southern shore of Senno Lake. As of the 2018, the population was 7,092. History The villa ... and Liozna Raion, Liozna. In the eastern side it borders with the Russian oblasts, from south to north, of Smolensk Oblast, Smolensk and Pskov Oblast, Pskov. Subdivision The district is divided into 8 rural councils (''sels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
