Lyozna
Lyozna (Belarusian: Лёзна, romanized: Liozna; Russian: Лиозно, romanized: Liozno; Polish: Łoźna; German: Ljesno; Yiddish: ליאזנע, romanized: Lyozne) is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lyozna District. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitebsk-Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on the Moshna River. As of 2023, it has a population of 6,631.
History
The first known record of the Lyozna shtetl (small town with a high Jewish population) is dated 1654.
In 1939, 711 Jews lived in the settlement, making up 17.3 percent of the population.
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. Lyozna was under German occupation until 8 October 1943.
Notable people
- 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
References
- ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Освобождение городов
Sources
- 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.