Babinavichy
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Babinavichy (also Babinavičy or Babinovichi (Belarusian: Бабі́навічы; Russian: Бабиновичи)) is a small town in Liozna District, in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus.
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.
People[]
Chaya Mushka Schneerson (1901-1988), the daughter of Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (the 6th Chabad Rebbe) and wife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson (the 7th Chabad Rebbe), was born in Babinavichy on March 16, 1901.[1]
References[]
External links[]
- The murder of the Jews of Babinavichy during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
Coordinates: 54°50′N 30°33′E / 54.833°N 30.550°E
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Categories:
- Populated places in Vitebsk Region
- Liozna District
- Vitebsk Voivodeship
- Orshansky Uyezd
- Shtetls
- Jewish communities that were destroyed in the Holocaust
- Belarus geography stubs