Azarychy ( be, Азарычы, russian: Озаричи) is a

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Kalinkavichy District Kalinkavichy District, Kalinkavičy Rajon or Kalinkavicki Rajon ( be, Калінкавіцкі раён) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the ...

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. The village was largely Jewish community. Germans occupied the town from November 1941 to January 1944 and built 3 camps. Between 9,000 and 13,000 of the up to 50,000 imprisoned Belarusian and Russian men, women and children did not survive their incarceration at the camps.

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Populated places in Gomel Region Urban-type settlements in Belarus Minsk Voivodeship Bobruysky Uyezd {{belarus-geo-stub