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Pukhavichy, Minsk Region
Puchavičy ( be, Пухавічы, ''Puchavičy'' pl, Puchowicze, russian: Пухавичи ''Pukhavichi'') is a village in Puchavičy District, Minsk Voblast, Belarus, capital of Puchavičy Selsoviet (Puchavičy Rural District). History In December 1926, 929 Jews lived in the village, 43 percent of the total population. The Germans occupied the town at the end of June 1941. The Jewish population were murdered in 1941.http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=495 The murder of the Jews of Pukhavichy] during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. References Notable residents Anatol Volny Anatol' Volny (left) and Mihas' Charot {{Expand Belarusian, Анатоль Вольны, date=June 2017 Biography From the family of a civil servant. In 1911, he entered the Abbot's Gymnasium, received secondary education. He graduated from the ... - was a Belarusian artist, poet, writer and journalist. Villages in Belarus Holocaust locations in Belarus Puchavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puchavičy District
Pukhavichy District (Pukhavichsky Rajon) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the east of Minsk Voblast. The capital of the town is Marjina Horka. Geography ;Main settlements *Marjina Horka Marjina Horka or Maryina Gorka ( be, Мар'іна Горка; russian: Марьина Горка; pl, Maryjna Górka) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus, and the administrative center of Pukhavichy District. As of 2009 its population was 22,500 ... (22,500) * Svislač (4,053) * Rudziensk (2,900) * Praŭdzinski (2,900) * Šack * Družny * Puchavičy Notable residents * Michaś Čarot (1896, Rudziensk - 1937), Belarusian poet, playwright, novelist, and a victim of Stalin's purges * Aliaksandr Čarviakoŭ (1892, Dukorki village - 1937), Belarusian politician and publicist * Hienadź Klaŭko (1931, Varoničy village – 1979), Belarusian poet and translator Vykankam Chairpersons The following people held the post at various times. *Siarhei Turko (Сер ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk Voblast
Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, although it is a separate administrative territorial entity of Belarus. As of 2011, the region's population is 1,411,500. Geography Minsk Region covers a total of 39,900 km², about 19.44% of the national total area. Lake Narach, the largest lake in the country, is located in the northern part of the region. There are four other large lakes in this region: Svir (8th largest), Myadel (11th largest), Syalyava (14th largest) and Myastro (15th largest). It is the only region of Belarus whose border is not part of the international border of Belarus. History Beginning the 10th century, the territory of the current Minsk Region was part of Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, and later it was included in the Grand Duchy of Lithuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Covering an area of and with a population of 9.4 million, Belarus is the List of European countries by area, 13th-largest and the List of European countries by population, 20th-most populous country in Europe. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into Regions of Belarus, seven regions. Minsk is the capital and List of cities and largest towns in Belarus, largest city. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against their Nazi oppressors and Gentiles who selflessly aided Jews in need; and researching the phenomenon of the Holocaust in particular and genocide in general, with the aim of avoiding such events in the future. Established in 1953, Yad Vashem is located on the western slope of Mount Herzl, also known as the Mount of Remembrance, a height in western Jerusalem, above sea level and adjacent to the Jerusalem Forest. The memorial consists of a complex containing two types of facilities: some dedicated to the scientific study of the Holocaust and genocide in general, and memorials and museums catering to the needs of the larger public. Among the former there are a research institute with archives, a library, a publishing house, and an educational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatol Volny
Anatol' Volny (left) and Mihas' Charot {{Expand Belarusian, Анатоль Вольны, date=June 2017 Biography From the family of a civil servant. In 1911, he entered the Abbot's Gymnasium, received secondary education. He graduated from the Marinagore Railway School of the 2nd degree In 1920, he joined the Red Army as a volunteer, took part in battles with the interventionists. After demobilization in 1921, he worked in the Central Committee of the LKSM; in the newspaper "Moladi Arati". Studied at BSU. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was an active participant in the literary and artistic movement in Belarus. From 1923 in the "Maladnyak" literary association, and from 1928 - in "Polimi". Member of the SP of the BSSR (since 1934). He was married, raising a child. Arrested on November 4, 1936 in Minsk at the address: st. M. Hopkago, d. 4, quarter 6. On October 28, 1937, as a "member of a counter-revolutionary organization", he was convicted by an extrajudicial body of the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In Belarus
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holocaust Locations In Belarus
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through labor in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz concentration camp#Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec extermination camp, Bełżec, Chełmno extermination camp, Chełmno, Majdanek concentration camp, Majdanek, Sobibor extermination camp, Sobibór, and Treblinka extermination camp, Treblinka in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland. Germany implemented the persecution in stages. Following Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany, chancellor on 30 January 1933, the regime built a network of concen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
