Pruzhany

Pruzhany (Belarusian: Пружа́ны, [pruˈʐanɨ]; Russian: Пружаны, Polish: Prużana, Yiddish: פרוזשענע‎ Pruzhene) is a town in Brest Voblast, Belarus. Pruzhany is the center of the district in Brest Region, Belarus. Its population is about 18,500 people.[3] The town is located at the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal, which give the start to Mukhavets River.

Pruzhany

Пружаны
Pruzhany Palace
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Coat of arms
Pruzhany
Coordinates: 52°33′24″N 24°27′52″E
Country Belarus
RegionBrest Region
DistrictPruzhany District
Mentioned1487
Population
 (2017[1])
 • Total18,500
Time zoneUTC+3 (FET[2])
Postal code
225133
Area code(s)+375 1632
License plate1

History
The war memorial to commemorate the villages of Pruzhany District burnt to ashes by Nazis in the last war

Pruzhany has been known as Dabuchyn since 1487. In the 16th century, it belonged to queen Bona Sforza of Poland. She brought Renaissance influence and development of trades in this part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1589, her daughter Anna granted a town charter and the coat of arms of Pruzhany (a blue snake swallowing a baby on a silver shield). The coat of arms was borrowed from that of the Sforza family of Milan. Pruzhany was a center of pottery trade at those times. In the mid-19th century, a wealthy Polish landlord, Walenty Szwykowski, laid out a park and built a pretentious palace that houses a museum today, after a restoration. The museum has a rich collection on the history and arts of the region. Another tourist attraction is the landmark at the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal. It presents a statue of a passionate pair rising over waves. The Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was consecrated in 1884.

One of the tourist attractions in today's Pruzhany is the landmark at the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal

The Jewish population in 1900 was 5,080.[4] During World War II, Pruzhany was occupied by the Germans from 26 June 1941 to 17 July 1944. In 1941, the Nazis herded the Jews of Białystok and the vicinity here to create a ghetto.[5] In Aktion roundups on 28-31 January 1943, the Nazis deported 10,000 Jews of the Pruzhany ghetto to Auschwitz, via Birkenau, where the men, women and children were murdered.[6][7][8][9]

In 2003, the central part of the town was reconstructed to prepare the town for the national harvest festival “Dažynki” in autumn 2003.

Pruzhany is the birthplace of Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Torah scholar and Jewish leader.

See also

References
  1. https://www.quandl.com/data/CITYPOP/CITY_PRUZANYPRUZHANYBREBELARUS-Population-of-Pruzany-Pruzhany-BRE-Belarus
  2. "Eternal Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Belarus". timeanddate.com. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. https://www.quandl.com/data/CITYPOP/CITY_PRUZANYPRUZHANYBREBELARUS-Population-of-Pruzany-Pruzhany-BRE-Belarus
  4. "JewishGen.org". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  5. Encyclopedia of the Ghettos during the Holocaust, ed. Guy Miro, vol. II, p. 615. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem (2009)
  6. Holocaust Encyclopedia (accessed 21 September 07) Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
  7. The Holocaust Chronicle (accessed 21 September 07)
  8. Dr. Philip Riteman biography, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada (accessed 21 September 07)
  9. Women of Valor: Partisans and Resistance Fighters (accessed 21 September 07) Archived 2006-08-23 at the Wayback Machine

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