Dzyarechyn (; ; ) is an agrotown in Zelva District, Grodno Region,

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. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarechyn rural council (''

selsoviet A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: *The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area. *The territorial subdivision administered ...

'').

History

Dereczyn was a

private town Private towns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were privately owned towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights and princes, among others. Amongst the most well-known former private magnate towns are Białystok, Zamość, R ...

, owned by the Kopoczewicz, Połubiński and Sapieha families, administratively located in the Słonim County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

. In 1629, Konstanty Połubiński with his wife Zofia founded a Dominican monastery, whereas the Sapiehas built a palace in 1786. Prior to

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, it was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship in

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. In the 1921 census, 60.0% people declared Polish nationality, 33.9% people declared Jewish nationality, and 6.2% declared Belarusian nationality.

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* Populated places in Grodno region Holocaust locations in Belarus Agrotowns in Belarus Zelva district {{Belarus-stub