Novogrudsky Uyezd information

Novogrudsky Uyezd (Russian: Новогрудский уезд) was one of the uyezds of Minsk Governorate and the Governorate-General of Minsk of the Russian Empire and...

Novogrudok or Navahrudak (Belarusian: Навагрудак; Russian: Новогрудок; Polish: Nowogródek, Lithuanian: Naugardukas; Yiddish: נאַוואַראַדאָק) is a town...

Zalman Shazar (Hebrew: זלמן שז"ר; born Shneur Zalman Rubashov; Belarusian: Шнэер За́льман Рубашо́ў; Russian: Шне́ер За́лмен Рубашо́в; November 24, 1889...

Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (20 November 1816 in Mir, Russia – 10 August 1893 in Warsaw, Poland), also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, and commonly known...

Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: Żegota (Spanish: Ignacio Domeyko, Spanish pronunciation: [iɣˈnasjo ðoˈmejko]; 31 July 1802 – 23 January 1889) was...

Baranavichy (/bəˈrɑːnəvɪtʃi/ bə-RAH-nə-vitch-ee; Belarusian: Баранавічы, IPA: [baˈranavʲitʂɨ] ; Russian: Барановичи, romanized: Baranovichi [bɐˈranəvʲɪtɕɪ];...

Bobruysky Uyezd Borisovsky Uyezd Igumensky Uyezd Minsky Uyezd Mozyrsky Uyezd Novogrudsky Uyezd (part of Grodno Governorate before 1843) Pinsky Uyezd Rechitsky...

Ivan Mikitavič Sierada (13 May [O.S. 1 May] 1879 — after 19 November 1943), better known by the pseudonyms of Jan or Janka was a Belarusian statesman,...

Abraham (Albert) Harkavy (Hebrew: אברהם אליהו בן יעקב הרכבי, romanized: Avraham Eliyahu ben Yaakov Harkavy, Russian: Авраа́м Я́ковлевич Гарка́ви, romanized: Avraám...

Maja Berezowska (13 April 1893 or 1898, in Baranowicze – 31 May 1978, in Warsaw) was a Polish painter. Berezowska was born in Baranowicze, in the Minsk...

Vselyub (Belarusian: Уселюб, Polish: Wsielub) is an agrotown in Navahrudak District, Grodno Region, Belarus. Vselyub is a centre of selsoviet (rural council)...

Sholom Noach Berezovsky (Hebrew: שלום נח ברזובסקי; August 18, 1911 – August 8, 2000) was the rebbe (hereditary rabbinic leader) of the Slonim dynasty of...

Alexander Sack (Belarusian: Alaksandar Sak, 14 August 1890 – 1937) was a Belarusian Catholic priest and a Catholic convert from Orthodoxy. Alexander Sack...

Sergey Ivanovich Gritsevets (Belarusian: Сяргей Іванавіч Грыцавец, Russian: Сергей Иванович Грицевец; 19 July [O.S. 6 July] 1909 – 16 September 1939) was...

Vera Klimentievna Slutskaya (17 September 1874 – 12 November 1917) was a Russian revolutionary and Bolshevik member of the Duma. She participated in the...

Archimandrite Leo Haroshka, MIC (born Leŭ Jurjevič Haroška, Belarusian: Леў Юр’евіч Гарошка, Russian: Лев Юрьевич Горошко; 26 February 1911, the village...

Haradzyeya (Belarusian: Гарадзея, romanized: Haradzieja; Russian: Городея, romanized: Gorodeya; Polish: Horodziej; Lithuanian: Gorodėja) is an urban-type...

Isser Zalman Meltzer (Hebrew: איסר זלמן מלצר) (February 6, 1870 – November 17, 1953), was a Jewish rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He was known as the "Even...

Alexander Harkavy (Yiddish: אַלכּסנדר האַרקאַווי, Russian: Александр Гаркави, Aleksandr Garkavi; May 5, 1863 at Novogrudok (Yiddish: נאַוואַרעדאָק), Minsk...

Karelichy (Belarusian: Карэлічы, romanized: Kareličy; Russian: Кореличи, romanized: Korelichi; Lithuanian: Koreličiai; Polish: Korelicze; Yiddish: קארעליץ...

Belarusian nationalism. Abrantovich was born in Vieraskava, in the Novogrudsky Uyezd of Minsk Governorate (present-day Navahrudak District, Belarus). He...

Boris Alexandrovich Turayev (Russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Тура́ев; 5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1868 – 23 July 1920) was a Russian scholar who studied the...

Lowchytsy (Belarusian: Лоўчыцы, romanized: Loŭčycy; Russian: Ловчицы, romanized: Lovchitsy; Polish: Łowczyce) is a village in Novogrudok District, Grodno...

Jakub Kagan (7 February 1896 – 1942) was a popular Polish-Jewish composer, pianist, jazz musician and arranger. In the early 1920s, he formed the Kagan's...