Daŭhinava ( be, Даўгінава; russian: Долгиново ''Dolginovo''; pl, Dołhinów; yi, דאלהינאוו) is a village in the

Vileyka District Vileyka District is the second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the north-west of Minsk Region. The capital of the town is Vileyka. Notable residents * Janka Filistovič (1926, Paniacičy village - 1953), active partici ...

, Minsk Region,

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. It is located north of Minsk and east-northeast of

Vilejka Vileyka ( officially transliterated as Viliejka, be, Віле́йка , also ''Вялейка''; russian: Вилейка; lt, Vileika; pl, Wilejka) is a city in Belarus and the administrative center of the Vileyka District of Minsk Region. It is ...

. Between the two World Wars it was part of the Wilno Voivodeship of

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Jewish life in Daŭhinava

There were 1,194 Jews in Daŭhinava in 1847, 2,559 in 1897 out of a total population of 3,551 (based on statistical analysis of the 1897 All Russia Census, for the Vileyka district town of Dolginovo), 2,259 in 1900 and 1,747 in 1921 (out of 2,671). See th
Dolhinow yizkor book
for additional information. Rabbi

Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman (Shushan Purim 1900, Daŭhinava - July 11, 1987) was a prominent Talmudic scholar and rabbi who founded and served as '' rosh yeshiva'' (yeshiva head) of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. Early life Ruderman was born ...

was born in Daŭhinava, and his cousin Rabbi

Yaakov Kamenetsky Yaakov Kamenetsky (February 28, 1891 – March 10, 1986), was a prominent rabbi, rosh yeshiva, ''posek'' and Talmudist in the post-World War II American Jewish community. Biography Yaakov Kamenetsky was born at a folwark called Kalyskovka owned b ...

grew up in the town.

External references

Dolhinov Yizkor BookDolhinov data pageBelarus travel guide
Populated places in Minsk Region Vileyka District Vilnius Voivodeship Vileysky Uyezd Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) {{Belarus-geo-stub