Ilya, Belarus

Ilya

Ілья (Belarusian)
Ilya Ілья (Belarusian)
Agrotown
	Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ilya
	Ilya
	Coordinates: 54°25′03″N 27°17′36″E / 54.41750°N 27.29333°E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Vilyeyka District
First mentioned	1473
Population (2010)
• Total	1,458
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Ilya (Belarusian: Ілья, romanized: Iĺja; Russian: Илья; Polish: Ilia; Lithuanian: Ilija) is an agrotown in Vilyeyka District, Minsk Region, Belarus.^[1] It serves as the administrative center of Ilya selsoviet.^[2]

It is first mentioned in historical records dating from the late 15th century. Between the end of World War I and 1939, it was part of Poland. It was a significant Jewish shtetl until 1942, when nearly all of its Jewish citizens were murdered in the town square.

^ "Вилейский районный исполнительный комитет - Ильянский сельский исполнительный комитет". vileyka.gov.by (in Russian).
^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 152. ISBN 985-458-054-7.

[1] "Вилейский районный исполнительный комитет - Ильянский сельский исполнительный комитет". vileyka.gov.by (in Russian).

[enc-2] Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 152. ISBN 985-458-054-7.

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