Dawhinava ( be, Даўгінава, Daŭhinava; russian: Долгиново, Dolginovo; ; pl, Dołhinów; yi, דאלהינאוו) is an

agrotown An agro-town is an agglomeration in a rural environment with a population of several thousands but whose workforce's main occupation is agriculture. An agro-town also lacks the administrative, commercial and industrial functions that are usually ...

in Vilyeyka District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located north of the capital Minsk and east-northeast of Vilyeyka. It serves as the administrative center of Dawhinava

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

History

King Stephen Bathory passed through the town before recapturing Polotsk. During the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667, a battle between Lithuanian and Russian forces was fought in the town's vicinity in 1661. During the

interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the World War I, First World War to the beginning of the World War II, Second World War. The in ...

, it was part of the Wilno Voivodeship of the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

. In the 1921 census, 52.2% people declared Jewish nationality, 39.4% declared Polish nationality, 7.9% declared Belarusian nationality. Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.

Jewish history

There were 1,194 Jews in Dawhinava 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 was born in Dawhinava, and his cousin Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky grew up in the town.

Demographics

References

External links

Dolhinov Yizkor BookDolhinov data pageBelarus travel guide
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dawhinava Populated places in Minsk Region Vilyeyka District Vilnius Voivodeship Vileysky Uyezd Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) Agrotowns in Belarus