Stolin (Belarus)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
סטולין (בלארוס)
Name (Latin)
Stolin (Belarus)
Other forms of name
nne Stolin (Byelorussian S.S.R.)
סטאלין (בלארוס)
Coordinates
026.7888737 026.8751334 051.9111849 051.8717747 (gooearth )
Associated country
Belarus
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Yiśreʾeli, Y. Bet Ḳarlin Sṭolin, 1981:
- Encyc. Judaica, 1971
- Columbia Lippincott gaz., 1966
- BGN gazetteer
Wikipedia description:
Stolin (Belarusian: Столін; Russian: Столин; Ukrainian: Столін, Столин; Polish: Stolin; Yiddish: סטולין) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Stolin District, the largest district in the region. Stolin is located 15 km (9 mi) from the Belarus–Ukraine border. As of 2024, it has a population of 13,785. Stolin is a border city that hosts many Ukrainians on market days. Russian is spoken commonly here, but villagers prefer their own dialects that are akin partly to the Belarusian language, partly the Ukrainian language.
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