Iwye (Belarusian: Іўе, romanized: Iŭje,[a] IPA: [ˈiʊje]; Russian: Ивье, romanized: Ivye, IPA: [ˈivʲjɪ]; Lithuanian: Yvija; Polish: Iwje; Yiddish: איוויע, romanized: Ivye) is a town and former shtetl in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Iwye District.[1][2] It is located 158 kilometres (98 mi) east of Grodno. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. The population of Iwye was 8,900 in 1995. As of 2023, it has a population of 7,243.[1]
Iwye
Іўе (Belarusian) | |
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.jpg) View of the town, August 2010 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Iwye | |
| Coordinates: 53°55′N 25°46′E / 53.917°N 25.767°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| District | Iwye District |
| First mentioned | 1444 |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,243 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 231337 |
| Area code | +375 1595 |
| License plate | 4 |
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.
Sights edit
- Saints Peter and Paul Church
- Old wooden mosque
Notable people edit
- Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rebbe of Vilnius, born in Iwye
- Moshe Shatzkes, Rebbe of Iwye, 1913–1941
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 217. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
External links edit
- In memory of the Jewish community of Iwye
- Photos on Radzima.org
- Website of local television "Ивье ТВ"
- Iwye at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Iwye, Belarus at JewishGen
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