Lyozna

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Lyozna Лёзна (Belarusian) Лиозно (Russian)
Urban-type settlement
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Lyozna
Coordinates: 55°1′N 30°48′E / 55.017°N 30.800°E / 55.017; 30.800
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
District	Lyozna District
Established	1525
Elevation	193 m (633 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	6,631
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Area code	+375 2138
License plate	2
Website	liozno.vitebsk-region.gov.by

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.^[1] It serves as the administrative center of Lyozna District.^[2][1] 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.^[1]

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.^[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] Lyozna was under German occupation until 8 October 1943.^[4]

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

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.

External links

• 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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