Babinavichy
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| Coordinates: 54°50′N 30°33′E / 54.833°N 30.550°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk Region |
| District | Lyozna District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Babinavichy (Belarusian: Бабінавічы, romanized: Babinavičy; Russian: Бабиновичи, romanized: Babinovichi) is an agrotown in Lyozna District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Babinavichy selsoviet.[1]
History
[edit]The town traditionally supplied timber for the Imperial Russian Navy, as is reflected in its coat-of-arms which depicts two masts.
The town was previously a Jewish shtetl situated in the Mogilev Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1930, there were 262 Jews living there, with 115 remaining at the start of the war.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Chaya Mushka Schneerson (1901–1988), daughter of Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and wife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2009). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Віцебская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 293. ISBN 978-985-458-192-7.
- ^ Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1699.
- ^ "Thursday, 25 Adar II, 5727". Jewish Calendar.
Sources
[edit]- Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume II. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 1699–1700. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
External links
[edit]- The murder of the Jews of Babinavichy during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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