Liozna
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Liozna | |
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Лёзна | |
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Liozna | |
Coordinates: 55°1′N 30°48′E / 55.017°N 30.800°ECoordinates: 55°1′N 30°48′E / 55.017°N 30.800°E | |
Country | Belarus |
Voblast | Vitebsk Region |
Raion | Liozna Raion |
Established | 1525 |
Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 6,688 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Area code(s) | +375 2138 |
License plate | 2 |
Website | http://lepel.vitebsk-region.gov.by/ |
Liozna (Belarusian: Лёзна, Polish: Łoźna, Russian: Лиозно, German: Ljesno, Yiddish: ליאזנע Lyozne) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus, the capital of Liozna District. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitebsk-Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on the . Population: 6,753 (2005)
The first known record of the Liozno shtetl (small town with a high Jewish population) is dated 1654.
Notable people associated with Liozna[]
- 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
External links[]
- Liozno home page
- Liozno book memory
- Liozno newspaper "Styag Peramogi"
- Liozno satellite image
- The murder of the Jews of Liozna during World War II, at Yad Vashem website
- Lyëzna, Belarus at JewishGen
Categories:
- Urban-type settlements in Belarus
- Populated places in Vitebsk Region
- Vitebsk Voivodeship
- Orshansky Uyezd
- Holocaust locations in Belarus
- Belarus geography stubs