Kałyški ( be, Калышкі; russian: Колышки; yi, קאליסק, translit=Kalisk) is a village in the

Liozna District Liozna District is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the Vitebsk Region Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́т� ...

of Vitebsk Region,

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 R ...

. It is located near the Belarusian-Russian border.

Notable residents

* Rabbi

Avraham Kalisker Abraham HaKohen of Kalisk (1741–1810) was a prominent Chassidic rabbi of the 3rd generation of Chassidic leaders. He was a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch. Biography Avraham was born in 1741 in Kalyshki, Belarus to Alexander. In his youth, ...

(1741–1810),

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...

leader * Yefim Fomin (1909-1941),

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

political commissar * Solomon Nezlin (1892-1990), Soviet tuberculosis scientist

References

Populated places in Vitebsk Region Shtetls Villages in Belarus {{Belarus-geo-stub