Kosava, also known as Kossovo ( be, Кóсава, formerly ( be, Косава-Палескае, translit=Kosava-Palieskaje, pl, Kosów Poleski, lt, Kosovas, russian: Кóссово, translit=Kóssovo, yi, קאסעוו, translit=Kosev) is a small city in the
Ivatsevichy District
Ivatsevichy (Ivacevičy) District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Ivatsevichy.
In this district the sixth largest lake in Belarus Vygonoschanskoye Lake is situated.
Demograph ...
in the
Brest Region of
Belarus, located at .
The nearby village of
Merechevschina is the birthplace of
Tadeusz Kościuszko. Kosava is the birthplace of Rabbi
Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz
Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz (7 November 1878 – 24 October 1953), also known as the Chazon Ish () after his magnum opus, was a Belarusian-born Orthodox rabbi who later became one of the leaders of Haredi Judaism in Israel, where he spent his f ...
. Nearby is the ruined
Kosava Castle, built by the Pusłowski family in 1830, and a replica of
Tadeusz Kościuszko's house in ''Mereczowszczyzna''.
History
The first settlements at this place are known since X-XI centuries as the land of Kievan Rus. First written record was fixed in 1494, when this land was a part of
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. After 1795, it became a part of
Russian Empire. Since 1915 till 1918, the town was under German occupation, was occupied by Poland after Polish–Soviet War. On 3 February 1927, as Polish newspaper
Robotnik reported, polish policemen shot manifestation of peasants that claimed to release imprisoned deputies.
External links
Photos on Radzima.org
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Ivatsevichy District
Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)
Slonimsky Uyezd
Polesie Voivodeship
Populated places in Brest Region
Towns in Belarus
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