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JewishGen Locality Page - Vitsyebsk, Belarus

Vitsyebsk, Belarus

Alternate names: Vitsyebsk [Bel], Vitebsk [Rus, Yid], Witebsk [Pol], Wizebsk [Ger], Vicebska [Latv], Vitebskas [Lith], Vitsebsk, Vicebsk, Viciebsk

Region: Vitebsk

JGFF Town Search (1048 Matches)
Yizkor Books (2 Books):

Sefer Vitebsk (Tel Aviv, 1957)
Vitebsk amol; geshikhte, zikhroynes, khurbn (New York, 1956)

ShtetLinks: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Vitsyebsk/
JOWBR: Old Cemetery
JOWBR: Estaro-Ulanovich Jewish Cemetery

	Town	District	Province	Country
Before WWI (c. 1900):	Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Russian Empire
Between the wars (c. 1930):	Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Belarus SSR	Soviet Union
After WWII (c. 1950):	Vitebsk			Soviet Union
Today (c. 2000):	Vitsyebsk			Belarus

Jewish Population in 1900:

34,420

Notes:

Belarusian: Віцебск. Russian: Витебск. Yiddish: וויטעבסק
In NE Belarus. Fourth-largest city in Belarus. Capital of Vitebsk gubernia, 1802-1917.

Vitsyebsk, Belarus: 55°12' N, 30°12' E

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Nearby Jewish Communities:

Ostrovno 13 miles WSW
Haradok 20 miles NNW
Yanovichi 21 miles ENE
Surazh 25 miles NE
Sirotino 26 miles WNW
Lyëzna 27 miles ESE
Babinovichi 30 miles SSE

the JewishGen Belarus Database for Vitsyebsk / Vitebsk.
the JewishGen website for Vitsyebsk / Vitebsk.

Additional information for Vitsyebsk:

JewishGen Belarus SIG

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Last Update: 10 Aug 2006 WSB
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