Valozhyn (Belarus)
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Name (Hebrew)
וולוז'ין (בלארוס)
Name (Latin)
Valozhyn (Belarus)
Other forms of name
Ṿoloz'in (Belarus)
Wołożyn (Belarus)
Volozhin (Belarus)
Vałožyn (Belarus)
Valažinas (Belarus)
ולוז'ין (בלארוס)
וואלאזין (בלארוס)
וואלאזשין (בלארוס)
Coordinates
E0263157 E0263157 N0540459 N0540459 (geonames )
026.4991308 026.5573025 054.1017341 054.649543 (gooearth )
Associated country
Belarus
See Also From tracing place name
Volchin (Belarus)
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Eliʾakh, Dov ben Daṿid Tsevi. Avi ha-yeshivot, 1990:
- Encyc. Judaica
- BGN per phone, 3/31/93
- Bashert, 2002:
Wikipedia description:
Valozhyn or Volozhin (Belarusian: Валожын, romanized: Valožyn, IPA: [vaˈɫoʐɨn]; Russian: Воложин; Lithuanian: Valažinas; Polish: Wołożyn; Yiddish: וואָלאָזשין) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Valozhyn District. It is located 75 km (47 mi) northwest of the capital Minsk, on the Valozhynka River in the Neman River basin, and the beginning of the Naliboki forest. In 1995, its population was approximately 11,500. As of 2024, it has a population of 10,015. Before World War II, about half the town's population were Jewish but they were murdered during the Holocaust.
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