Valozhyn

Valozhyn
Валожын (Belarusian)
Воложин (Russian)
Flag of Valozhyn
Coat of arms of Valozhyn
Valozhyn is located in Belarus
Valozhyn
Valozhyn
Coordinates: 54°05′N 26°31′E / 54.083°N 26.517°E / 54.083; 26.517
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictValozhyn District
First mentioned14th century
Area
 • Total7.683 km2 (2.966 sq mi)
Elevation
203 m (666 ft)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total10,015
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
222357
Area code+375 1772

Valozhyn or Volozhin (Belarusian: Валожын, romanizedValožyn,[a] IPA: [vaˈɫoʐɨn]; Russian: Воложин; Lithuanian: Valažinas; Polish: Wołożyn; Yiddish: וואָלאָזשין)[2] is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Valozhyn District.[1] 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.[1]

Before World War II, about half the town's population were Jewish but they were murdered during the Holocaust.

  1. ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ Eliezer Leoni, ed., Ṿoloźin: sifrah shel ha-ʻir ṿe-shel yeshivat "ʻEts ḥayim" [Wolozin: the book of the city and of the Etz Hayyim Yeshiva] (Tel Aviv: Wolozhin Landsleit Associations of Israel and the United States, 1970), English section, p. 15 (image 706).


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