Lyuban ( be, Любань, Liubań - russian: Лю́бань, pl, Lubań, lt, Liubanė), or ''Ljubań'', is a town in

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 ...

, located in the

Minsk Region Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk ...

. It is the administrative seat of the Lyuban District. As of 2009 its population was of 11,256.

History & Famous Residents

The town was first mentioned in 1566 and received its town ( be, горад, horad) status in 1968. The famed

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Mashgiach Rabbi

Yeruchom Levovitz Rav Yeruchom Levovitz ( he, ירוחם ליוואוויץ; ca. 1875-1936), also known by his hundreds of students simply as The Mashgiach, was a famous mashgiach ruchani and baal mussar (Jewish Ethics) at the Mir yeshiva in Belarus. Early life ...

was born in Lyuban. The Israeli writer Rakhel Feygenberg (1895–1972) was also born there. The Rabbi of the town from 1920-1936 was Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. His son Rabbi Dovid Feinstein was born there in 1929.

World War II

The Nazis occupied the town from July 1941 to June 1944. On August, 1941, 150 to 200 Jews of the village are murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by Germans at a gravel pit near the village of Dubniki.Yad Vashem, killing sites, Minsk region
In September 1941, a

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surrounded with barbed wire was created in the west part of the village of Lyuban, near Pervomayiskayia Street. It was guarded by Germans and local policemen. Jews were used as forced, cleaning or repairing roads. On November 8, 1941, 50 Jewish men were shot, as a reprisal action after a partisan attack. On December 4, 1941, the ghetto was liquidated and Jews were murdered.

Geography

Lyuban is located 139 km in south of

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, not too far from the borders with the Voblasts of

Mogilev Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...

and

Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the o ...

. It is 58 km far from

Salihorsk Salihorsk ( be, Саліго́рск ; russian: Солиго́рск , Soligorsk) is a city in Belarus. In 2018 its population was 106,627. History The city is one of the country's newest settlements; its construction began in 1958. In May 1963 ...

, 30 from

Slutsk Slutsk ( officially transliterated as Sluck, be, Слуцк; russian: Слуцк; pl, Słuck, lt, Sluckas, Yiddish/Hebrew: סלוצק ''Slutsk'') is a city in Belarus, located on the Sluch River south of Minsk. As of 2022, its population i ...

and 26 from Staryya Darohi. In north of the town is located the Lyuban Lake and in west, close to Salihorsk suburbs, the

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of Kaliy. It is not served by

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but the nearest station, in Ureche, is 8 km far from Lyuban center.

References

External links

Lyuban official website
Towns in Belarus Populated places in Minsk Region Lyuban District Populated places established in 1566 Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795) Bobruysky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Belarus {{Belarus-geo-stub