Lyuban,_Belarus

Lyuban, Belarus

Lyuban, Belarus

Town in Minsk Region, Belarus

For the town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, see Lyuban (town), Leningrad Oblast. For the town in Poland, see Lubań.

Lyuban (Belarusian: Любань, romanized: Liubań;[lower-alpha 1] Russian: Любань; Polish: Lubań; Lithuanian: Liubanė) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lyuban District.[1] In 2009, its population was 11,256.[2] As of 2024, it has a population of 11,339.[1]

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History

The town was first mentioned in 1566 and received its town status in 1968.

World War II

The Nazis occupied the town from July 1941 to June 1944. On August, 1941, 150 to 200 Jews of the village are murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by Germans at a gravel pit near the village of Dubniki.[3] In September 1941, a ghetto surrounded with barbed wire was created in the west part of the village of Lyuban, near Pervomayiskayia Street. It was guarded by Germans and local policemen. Jews were used as forced, cleaning or repairing roads. On November 8, 1941, 50 Jewish men were shot, as a reprisal action after a partisan attack. On December 4, 1941, the ghetto was liquidated and Jews were murdered.[4]

Geography

Lyuban is located 139 km in south of Minsk, not too far from the borders with the regions of Mogilev and Gomel. It is 58 km far from Salihorsk, 30 from Slutsk and 26 from Staryya Darohi. In north of the town is located the Lyuban Lake and in west, close to Salihorsk suburbs, the mining area of Kaliy. It is not served by railways but the nearest station, in Ureche, is 8 km far from Lyuban center.

Notable residents

Notes

  1. Official transliteration.

References

  1. [1]
    "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    (in Russian) 2009 statistics of Belarus Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine (Belstat)
  3. [3]
    Yad Vashem, killing sites, Minsk region.
  4. [4]
    "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.

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