Voranava or Voronovo ( be, Воранава, russian: Вороново, pl, Woronów, Werenowo, lt, Varanavas) 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 ...
, in
Grodno Region
Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...
. It is the administrative center of the
Voranava district. It is located about from
Lida
Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region.
Etymology
The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuan ...
and from the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.
History
Within the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Lit ...
, Voranava was part of
Vilnius Voivodeship
pl, Województwo wileńskie
, conventional_long_name = Vilnius Voivodeship
, common_name = Vilnius
, subdivision = Voivodeship
, nation = Grand Duchy of Lithuania (part of the federative Polish–Lithuani ...
. In 1795, the town was acquired by 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. ...
in the course of the
Third Partition of Poland
The Third Partition of Poland (1795) was the last in a series of the Partitions of Poland–Lithuania and the land of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth among Prussia, the Habsburg monarchy, and the Russian Empire which effectively ended Polis ...
.
From 1921 until 1939, Voranava was part of the
Second Polish Republic. In September 1939, the town was occupied by the
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...
and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the
Byelorussian SSR. From 23 June 1941 until 11 July 1944, Voranava was
occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the ''
Generalbezirk Weißruthenien
Generalbezirk Weissruthenien (General District White Ruthenia) was one of the four administrative subdivisions of ''Reichskommissariat Ostland'', the 1941-1945 civilian occupation regime established by Nazi Germany for the administration of the th ...
'' of ''
Reichskommissariat Ostland''.
Population
* 1865 — 468 people, (333 Jews, 117 Catholics, 18 Orthodox).
* 1905 — 500
* 1921 — 1,232
* 1976 — 3,600
* 1990 — 6,800
* 1996 — 6,700
* 2004 — 6,600
* 2005 — 6,559
* 2006 — 6,498
* 2007 — 6,400
* 2008 — 6,400
* 2015 — 6,200
* 2016 — 6,434
In Voronovo district today live more than 32,000 people, 83% are ethnic Poles.
Sights
File:Woronowo-pallotyni-kosciol-qs.jpg, Church of the God's Mercy
File:Woronowo-church-qsqs-1rrr.JPG, Church of the God's Mercy
File :Woronowo-qsqs-211.JPG, Church of the God's Mercy inner interior
File:Воранаўскі раённы суд.jpg, Building of the Voranava district court
File:Будынак аптэкара.jpg, Pharmacy building
File:Раённы дом культуры.jpg, District house of culture
File:Помнік невядомаму салдату.jpg, Monument to defenders of the motherland World War II
File:Помнік невядомаму салдату2.jpg, Monument to defenders of the motherland World War II
File:Воранаўскае_возера.jpg, Voranava lake 2015
File:Рэдакцыя Воранава.jpg,
File:Сядзіба Сцыпіёнаў.jpg, Palace of Scipio del Campo (19th century)
File:Сінагога ў Воранаве.jpg, Synagogue 20th century
File:Воранаўская сельгастэхніка.jpg, Voranava Farm machinery
File:Царква імя Аляксандра Неўскага ў Воранаве.JPG, Church of Alyaksandar Neuski
External links
Official websiteWebsite of Voronovo's newspaper Hotel in Voronovo*
Lidsky Uyezd
Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Populated places in Grodno Region
Urban-type settlements in Belarus
Vilnius Voivodeship
Voranava District
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