Uzlyany
Encyclopedia
Uzlyany also known as Uzlany, is a town in Belarus
near Minsk
(Pukhavichy Raion
of Minsk Voblast).
In the past it was a shtetl
with a large Jewish population.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
near Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
(Pukhavichy Raion
Pukhavichy Raion
Pukhavichy Raion is a second-level administrative subdivision of Belarus in the east of Minsk Voblast. Its capital is the town of Maryina Horka.-Geography:Main settlements*Maryina Horka *Svislach *Rudensk *Pravdinsky...
of Minsk Voblast).
In the past it was a shtetl
Shtetl
A shtetl was typically a small town with a large Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe until The Holocaust. Shtetls were mainly found in the areas which constituted the 19th century Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Galicia and Romania...
with a large Jewish population.
External links
- article on the synagogue