Ruzhany, Russian Empire (now Belarus)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ruzhany,_Russian_Empire_(now_Belarus)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:town
gptkbp:areaCode +375 1632
gptkbp:country gptkb:Belarus
gptkbp:currentName gptkb:Ruzhany
gptkbp:district gptkb:Pruzhany_District
gptkbp:firstMentioned 1552
gptkbp:hasJewishCommunity historically significant
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Holocaust_in_Ruzhany
World War II occupation by Nazi Germany
Annexed by Soviet Union (1939)
Part of Second Polish Republic (1921–1939)
gptkbp:historicalRegion gptkb:Grodno_Governorate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ruzhany, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
gptkbp:latitude 52.8667
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:locatedInPresentDay gptkb:Belarus
gptkbp:longitude 24.9000
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Ruzhany_Palace
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Chaim_Weizmann
gptkb:Yitzhak_Shamir
gptkb:Yitzhak_Shapira
gptkb:Yisroel_Meir_Kagan
gptkbp:population ~2,800 (2023)
gptkbp:postalCode 225153
gptkbp:region gptkb:Brest_Region
gptkbp:timezone FET (UTC+3)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yitzhak_Shamir
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5