Dzyarechyn ( be, Дзярэчын, Dziarečyn; russian: Деречин, Derechin; pl, Dereczyn) 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 Zelva District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarechyn rural council (''

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

Dereczyn was a private town, owned by the Kopoczewicz, Połubiński and Sapieha families, administratively located in the Słonim County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1629, Konstanty Połubiński with his wife Zofia founded a Dominican monastery, whereas the Sapiehas built a palace in 1786. Prior to World War II, it was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship in Poland. In the 1921 census, 60.0% people declared Polish nationality, 33.9% people declared Jewish nationality, and 6.2% declared Belarusian nationality.

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* Populated places in Grodno Region Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795) Slonimsky Uyezd Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939) Holocaust locations in Belarus Agrotowns in Belarus Zelva District {{Belarus-stub