Janavičy
Janavičy (Belarusian: Я́навічы Janavičy, Russian: Яновичи Yanovichi, Polish: Janowicze) is a town in the Vitebsk District in Belarus. It is located about 36 kilometers east of Vitebsk. The population is 929 inhabitants (2009).
History[]
In 1939, Janavičy had 709 Jewish residents (34.8% of the total population). On August 15, 1941, 149 Jews from the village were shot in the nearby village of Valki. On September 10, 1941 a ghetto of Jews in the village was liquidated and the inhabitants shot in the nearby village of Zaitsevo.[1]
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Coordinates: 55°18′00″N 30°42′00″E / 55.3000°N 30.7000°E
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- Urban-type settlements in Belarus
- Populated places in Vitebsk Region
- Vitebsk Voivodeship
- Vitebsky Uyezd
- Jewish Belarusian history
- Holocaust locations in Belarus