Dawhinava

Dawhinava
Даўгінава (Belarusian)
Dolginovo
Agrotown
Saint Stanislaus Catholic Church
Saint Stanislaus Catholic Church
Dawhinava is located in Belarus
Dawhinava
Dawhinava
Coordinates: 54°39′N 27°29′E / 54.650°N 27.483°E / 54.650; 27.483
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictVileyka District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Dawhinava (Belarusian: Даўгінава, romanized: Daŭhinava; Russian: Долгиново, romanized: Dolginovo; Polish: Dołhinów; Yiddish: דאלהינאוו) is an agrotown in Vileyka District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[1] It is located 82 kilometres (51 mi) north of the capital Minsk and 40 km (25 mi) east-northeast of Vileyka. It serves as the administative center of Dawhinava selsoviet.[2] During the interwar period, it was part of the Wilno Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic.

Jewish history

There were 1,194 Jews in Dawhinava in 1847, 2,559 in 1897 out of a total population of 3,551 (based on statistical analysis of the 1897 All Russia Census, for the Vileyka district town of Dolginovo), 2,259 in 1900 and 1,747 in 1921 (out of 2,671). See the Dolhinow yizkor book for additional information. Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman was born in Dawhinava, and his cousin Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky grew up in the town.

References

  1. ^ "Вилейский районный исполнительный комитет - Долгиновский сельский исполнительный комитет". vileyka.gov.by (in Russian).
  2. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 147. ISBN 985-458-054-7.

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