Hlusk ( be, Глуск; russian: Глуск, Glusk; pl, Hłusk; ) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

in the Hlusk District in the

Mogilev Region Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), is a region (''oblast'' ...

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 ...

. It serves as the administrative center of the Hlusk District, and is home to nearly half of its district's residents.

History

The earliest written records of Hlusk date back to the

15th century The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian dates from 1 January 1401 ( MCDI) to 31 December 1500 ( MD). In Europe, the 15th century includes parts of the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the early modern period. ...

. In March 1655, during the

Russo-Polish War Armed conflicts between Poland (including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and Russia (including the Soviet Union) include: Originally a Polish civil war that Russia, among others, became involved in. Originally a Hungarian revolution ...

, the village was destroyed by the Cossacks, and thus released by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from paying taxes for the following ten years. There was an active Jewish community there, where Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman and later Rabbi

Baruch Ber Leibowitz Boruch Ber Leibowitz ( yi, ברוך בער לייבאוויץ he, רב ברוך דוב ליבוביץ, Boruch Dov Libovitz; 1862 – November 17, 1939, known as Reb Boruch Ber, was a rabbi famed for his Talmudic lectures, particularly in that ...

served as rabbi (Rabbi Leibowitz later moved to Lithuania). During the

Second Partition of Poland The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The second partition occurred in the aftermath of the Polish–Russian W ...

, Hlusk became part of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. It was occupied by the

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on June 28, 1941, and remained under their control until June 27, 1944.

Gallery

File:Hłusk, Handlovaja. Глуск, Гандлёвая (1901-17).jpg, Hlusk, Early 1900s File:Hłusk, Babrujskaja. Глуск, Бабруйская (1901-17).jpg, Old photo of Babruysk Street, Hlusk File: Hulsk 04.jpg, Hlusk street, 2008 File: Hulsk 06.jpg, Hlusk street, 2008 File:הרב ברוך דב ליבוביץ מקמניץ.png, Rabbi

, former rabbi of Hlusk (until 1904)

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Mogilev Region Urban-type settlements in Belarus Villages in Belarus