Pukhavichy (; ; ) is an agrotown in

Pukhavichy District Pukhavichy district or Puchavičy district (; ) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Maryina Horka. As of 2024, it has a population of 67,408. Geography ;Main settlements *Ma ...

, Minsk Region,

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. It serves as the administrative center of Pukhavichy

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

In December 1926, 929 Jews lived in the village, 43 percent of the total population. The Germans occupied the town at the end of June 1941. The Jewish population were murdered in 1941.http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=495 The murder of the Jews of Pukhavichy] during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, at

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website.

Notable people

Anatol Volny Anatol Iustsinavich Azhgirey (; 1902 – 29 October 1937), better known by the literary pseudonym of Anatol Volny () was a Belarusian artist, poet, writer and journalist. During the Great Purge, he became a victim of the 1937 mass execution o ...

(1902–1937), Belarusian artist, poet, writer and journalist

References

Agrotowns in Belarus Holocaust locations in Belarus Pukhavichy, Minsk region {{Belarus-geo-stub