Porazava

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Porazava
Поразава (Belarusian)
Порозово (Russian)
Urban-type settlement
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Porazava
Coordinates: 52°56′N24°22′E / 52.933°N 24.367°E / 52.933; 24.367
Country Belarus
Region Grodno Region
District Svislach District
Population
 (2025) [1]
 • Total
616
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK)

Porazava [a] is an urban-type settlement in Svislach District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus. [2] [1] It is located near the town of Svislach. [3] As of 2025, it has a population of 616. [1]

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History

Buttowt-Andrzeykowicz Manor in the interwar period Bahudzienki, Butaut-Andrajkovic. Bagudzenki, Butaut-Andraikovich (1921-39).jpg
Buttowt-Andrzeykowicz Manor in the interwar period

The first church was built in 1460 by Jan Rynwid. [4] It was a royal town of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship.

In the late 19th century, the Christian population was mostly employed in pottery, whereas the Jews mostly lived off trade. [4] In the interwar period it was administratively located in the Wołkowysk County in the Białystok Voivodeship of the Republic of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was 84.8% Polish and 14.9% Jewish. [5] The town had a thriving Jewish community and synagogue prior to World War II.

During World War II, Porozów was occupied by the Soviet Union from September 1939 to June 1941, and then by Nazi Germany until 15 July 1944 and administered as a part of Bezirk Bialystok.

Demographics

According to the 2009 Belarusian census, the population was 51.5% Belarusian, 44.6% Polish and 3.0% Russian. [6] In 2024, it had a population of 653. [7]

Notable people

Notes

  1. ↑ Belarusian: Поразава; Russian: Порозово, romanized: Porozovo; Polish: Porozów; Yiddish: פּאָרוזעווע, romanized: Porozeve; Lithuanian: Porozovas.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 308. ISBN   985-458-098-9.
  3. ↑ Vitaut Kipel, Zora Kipel Byelorussian statehood: reader and bibliography 1988 - Page 320 "He was born in the town of Porazava, near the city of Vatikavysk on December 16. 1888. His parents were poor urbanites who owned some land on which they worked. Hadleuski went to local schools in Porazava and in the town of Svislac."
  4. 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1887. p. 826.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom V (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924.
  6. ↑ "Ethnic composition of Belarus 2009" . Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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