Iwye
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Iwye
Іўе (Belarusian) | |
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![]() View of the town, August 2010 | |
Coordinates: 53°55′N 25°46′E / 53.917°N 25.767°E | |
Country | Belarus |
Region | Grodno Region |
District | Iwye District |
First mentioned | 1444 |
Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 6,906 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Postal code | 231337 |
Area code | +375 1595 |
License plate | 4 |
Iwye[a] is a town and former shtetl in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Iwye District.[1][2] It is located 158 kilometres (98 mi) east of Grodno. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. The population of Iwye was 8,900 in 1995. As of 2025, it has a population of 6,906.[1]
History
[edit]It town was the site of a dangerous rescue mission by the Bielski Brothers in late 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, as the area was occupied during Operation Barbarossa.
Sights
[edit]Notable people
[edit]- Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940), rabbi of Vilnius
- Moshe Shatzkes (1881–1958), rabbi of Iwye
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 217. ISBN 985-458-098-9.