Dzyatlava

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Dzyatlava is a small historic town in present-day Belarus, known for its Jewish heritage and as the birthplace of the influential rabbi and ethicist Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim).

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Dzyatlava canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
country Belarus
grantedTownRights 18th century
hasAlternativeName Dyatlovo
Zdzieciol
Zdzięcioł
Zhetel
linked to: Zhetl

Zhetl
hasAreaCodeType Belarusian telephone area code
hasCulturalSignificance center of Jewish learning in the region
hasHeritage Jewish heritage
hasHistoricEvent Holocaust in Dzyatlava
hasHistoricSite Catholic church in Dzyatlava
Dzyatlava palace complex
Jewish cemetery in Dzyatlava
Orthodox church in Dzyatlava
hasLanguageHistory Belarusian
linked to: Belarusian language

Polish
Russian
Yiddish
hasNotablePerson Yisrael Meir Kagan
hasNotableRabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan
hasPopulationType small town
hasPostalCodeType Belarusian postal code
historicalRegion Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Hrodna Governorate
linked to: Grodno Governorate

Nowogródek Voivodeship
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Second Polish Republic
isTownOf Dzyatlava District
knownFor birthplace of Yisrael Meir Kagan
historic Jewish community
locatedIn Grodno Region
Western Belarus
locatedOn Dzyatlava River
occupationPeriod World War II
partOf Dzyatlava District
religiousHeritage Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodoxy
Judaism
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
wasOccupiedBy Nazi Germany

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Yisrael Meir Kagan birthPlace Dzyatlava
Chafetz Chaim birthPlace Dzyatlava
Zhetel hasAlternativeName Dzyatlava