Lyozna
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Lyozna
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| Coordinates: 55°1′N 30°48′E / 55.017°N 30.800°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk Region |
| District | Lyozna District |
| Established | 1527 |
| Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 6,515 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Area code | +375 2138 |
| License plate | 2 |
| Website | liozno |
Lyozna or Liozno[a] is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Lyozna District.[2][1] It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) east-southeast of Vitebsk,[3] close to the border with Russia by the Vitebsk–Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on the Moshna River. As of 2025, it has a population of 6,515.[1]
History
[edit]Lyozna is first mentioned in 1527. In 1654, it was mentioned as a shtetl (small town with a high Jewish population).
World War II
[edit]In 1939, 711 Jews lived in the settlement, making up 17.3 percent of the population.[3]
During the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the settlement was captured on 16 July 1941 by V Army Corps of the 9th Army; it was part of Army Group Centre Rear Area.[3] The ghetto in Lyozna was liquidated at the end of February 1942.[4] Lyozna remained under German military occupation until 8 October 1943.[5]
Notable people
[edit]- Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter
- Schneur Zalman, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
- Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "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 10 April 2025.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2009). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Віцебская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 293. ISBN 978-985-458-192-7.
- ^ a b c Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1699.
- ^ Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1700.
- ^ Освобождение городов
Sources
[edit]- Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (4 May 2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933 –1945: Volume II: Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00202-0.
External links
[edit]- Lyozna home page
- Lyozna book memory
- Lyozna newspaper "Styag Peramogi"
- Lyozna satellite image
- The murder of the Jews of Lyozna during World War II, at Yad Vashem website
- Lyëzna, Belarus at JewishGen
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