Iwye
Iwye
Іўе | |
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![]() View of the town, August 2010 | |
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Coordinates: 53°55′N 25°46′E / 53.917°N 25.767°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voblast | Grodno Region |
Raion | Iwye district |
Mentioned | 1444 |
Population | |
• Total | 9,684 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 231337 |
Area code(s) | +375 1595 |
License plate | 4 |
Iwye (Belarusian: Іўе [ˈiʊje]; Lithuanian: Yvija; Russian: Ивье [ˈivʲjɪ]; Polish: Iwje; Yiddish: איוויע Ivye) is a city and former shtetl in Belarus in the Grodno Region, 158 km east of Grodno. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. It was the site of a dangerous rescue mission by the Bielski Brothers in late 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, as the area was occupied during Operation Barbarossa. The population of Iwye was 8,900 in 1995.
People[]
- Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rav of Vilnius, born in Iwye
- Moshe Shatzkes, Rav of Iwye, 1913–1941
Sights[]
- Saints Peter and Paul Church
- Old wooden mosque
External links[]
Categories:
- Iwye
- Lipka Tatars
- Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939)
- Oshmyansky Uyezd
- Populated places in Grodno Region
- Shtetls
- Towns in Belarus
- Vilnius Voivodeship
- Belarus geography stubs
- Jewish history stubs