Hlusk
Hlusk
Глуск Hłusk | |
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| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Mogilev Region |
| District | Hlusk District |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 6,983 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 213879 |
| Area Code | +375 2230 |
| License plate | 6 |
| Website | glusk |
Hlusk (Belarusian: Глуск; Russian: Глуск, romanized: Glusk; Polish: Hłusk; Yiddish: האלוסק, romanized: Halusk)[2] is an urban-type settlement in Mogilev Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Hlusk 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
[edit | edit source]The earliest written records of Hlusk date back to the 15th century. In March 1655, during the Russo-Polish War, the village was destroyed by the Cossacks,[4] and thus released by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from paying taxes for the following ten years.[5] There was an active Jewish community there, where Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Halevi Zimmerman and later Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz served as rabbi (Rabbi Leibowitz later moved to Lithuania).[6] During the Second Partition of Poland, Hlusk became part of the Russian Empire.
World War II
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Boruch Ber Leibowitz (1862–1939), rabbi
Gallery
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Hlusk, Early 1900s
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Old photo of Babruysk Street, Hlusk
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Hlusk street, 2008
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Hlusk street, 2008
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References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. — Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (т. 1), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
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