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Hlusk

Coordinates:52°53′22.09″N28°41′32.03″E/ 52.8894694°N 28.6922306°E/52.8894694; 28.6922306
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Hlusk
Глуск
Hłusk
Urban-type settlement
Flag
Coat of arms of Hlusk
Coat of arms
Hlusk is located in Belarus
Hlusk
Hlusk
Coordinates:52°53′22.09″N28°41′32.03″E/ 52.8894694°N 28.6922306°E/52.8894694; 28.6922306
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
DistrictHlusk District
Population
(2024)[1]
• Total6,983
Time zoneUTC+3(MSK)
Postal code
213879
Area Code+375 2230
License plate6
Websiteglusk.mogilev-region.by

Hlusk(Belarusian:Глуск;Russian:Глуск,romanized:Glusk;Polish:Hłusk;Yiddish:האלוסק,romanized:Halusk)[2]is anurban-type settlementinMogilev Region,Belarus.[1]It serves as the administrative center ofHlusk District,and is home to nearly half of its district's residents.[3]As of 2024, it has a population of 6,983.[1]

History

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The earliest written records of Hlusk date back to the 15th century. In March 1655, during theRusso-Polish War,the village was destroyed by theCossacks,[4]and thus released by thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealthfrom paying taxes for the following ten years.[5]There was an active Jewish community there, where Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Halevi Zimmerman and later RabbiBaruch Ber Leibowitzserved as rabbi (Rabbi Leibowitz later moved to Lithuania).[6]During theSecond Partition of Poland,Hlusk became part of theRussian Empire.

World War II

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Hlusk was captured by the Germans in World War II on June 28, 1941, and with such a small population, they didn't put up much of a fight. On December 2, 1941, the Germans massacred much of the Hlusk population, an impact of which the people of the small town still feel today. The Soviet Union finally liberated Hlusk on June 27, 1944.

Notable people

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  • Hlusk, Early 1900s
    Hlusk, Early 1900s
  • Old photo of Babruysk Street, Hlusk
    Old photo of Babruysk Street, Hlusk
  • Hlusk street, 2008
    Hlusk street, 2008
  • Hlusk street, 2008
    Hlusk street, 2008

References

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  1. ^abc"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 fromthe originalon 17 April 2023.Retrieved5 October2023.
  2. ^"Hlusk, Belarus".Jewishgen.JewishGen.RetrievedAugust 15,2020.
  3. ^Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская(PDF)(in Russian). Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 18 September 2010.Retrieved13 March2012.
  4. ^Анатоль Грыцкевіч. Глуск //Энцыклапедыя гісторыі Беларусі. У 6 т. Т. 3: Гімназіі — Кадэнцыя / Беларус. Энцыкл.; Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; Маст. Э. Э. Жакевіч. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1996. С. 48.
  5. ^Грыцкевіч А. Глуск // Вялікае княства Літоўскае: Энцыклапедыя. У 3 т. / Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; маст. З. Э. Герасімовіч. — Мн.: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя, 2005. — Т. 1: Абаленскі — Кадэнцыя. — С. 537. — 688 с. —ISBN985-11-0314-4(т. 1),ISBN985-11-0315-2.
  6. ^"Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz".Yeshivavolozhin.org.RetrievedAugust 15,2020.
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