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Slonim ( Belarusian: Слонім; Russian: Слоним; Lithuanian: Slanimas; Latvian: Sloņima; Polish: Słonim; Yiddish: סלאָנים) is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Slonim District. [1] It is located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km (89 mi) southeast of Grodno.
The Słonim Ghetto ( Polish: getto w Słonimiu, Belarusian: Слонімскае гета, German: Ghetto von Slonim, Yiddish: סלאָנים) was a Nazi ghetto established in 1941 by the SS in Slonim, Western Belarus during World War II. Prior to 1939, the town (Słonim) was part of the Second Polish Republic. The town was captured in late ...
Slonim, city, western Belarus. The city arose in the latter part of the 10th century as a fortified point and later developed into a market centre. After becoming a railway junction, it expanded its industrial base, and it now has varied food, consumer, and engineering industries, as well as a
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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Slonim became part of an independent state of Belarus. In 2019 a Soviet-era statue of Vladimir Lenin in the city center was replaced with a new monument of Lew Sapieha. Historic population [edit] The population of Slonim fluctuated, influenced by local prosperity and wars {1883, 21,110; 1897 15,893}.
Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus . Today, there are two Slonimer factions. Slonim, based in Jerusalem, and the Slonim community in Bnei Brak. They are two distinct groups today, and have many differences between them. The first Rebbe of Slonim, Rabbi Avraham Weinberg (1804–1883), was the ...
3. Part One - The Lithuanian-Polish Regime. From the Beginning of the Jewish Settlement to the Division of Poland in 1795. Chapter 1. 5. History of the fortress and the city. - The Slonim Fort in the 17th century. - Slonim in Russian and Lithuanian chronicles. - The rule of the Princes from Southern Russia.
Slonim Synagogue, a baroque structure that has overlooked the Slonim city marketplace since 1642, remains the best preserved synagogue in Belarus, despite decades of neglect and vandalism. The building, with its dramatic gabled roof and imposing exterior, features an impressive group of paintings and carvings, including a collection of murals depicting musical instruments, scrollwork, and ...
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