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Syaliba

Coordinates: 53°03′42″N 29°14′48″E / 53.06167°N 29.24667°E / 53.06167; 29.24667
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Syaliba
Сяліба (Belarusian)
Village
Syaliba is located in Belarus
Syaliba
Syaliba
Location within Belarus
Syaliba is located in Europe
Syaliba
Syaliba
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 53°03′42″N 29°14′48″E / 53.06167°N 29.24667°E / 53.06167; 29.24667
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
DistrictBabruysk District
Population
 (2009)
 • Total113
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal Code
213812[1]
Area code+375 225

Syaliba or Seliba (Belarusian: Сяліба, romanizedSialiba;[2] Russian: Селиба;[3] Polish: Sieliba)[4] is a village in Babruysk District, Mogilev Region, Belarus.[5] It is part of Vishnyowka selsoviet [ru].

Geography

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Seliba is located near the Berezina River, only being blocked from access by the now-unpopulated village of Luchnoy Most [be], which separates Seliba from the Berezino district.

History

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During the administration of Imperial Russia, Seliba was under jurisdiction of the Igumensky Uyezd in the Minsk Governorate.[4]

In 1938, a sawmill in the village caught fire, and after barrels of oil caught fire, they exploded, burning down many dwellings and other buildings. An exodus of residents who lost their homes occurred following the blaze.[6]

Jewish population

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Seliba was a settlement home to many Jewish families during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During the period of the Democratic Republic, soldiers from interwar Poland beat and killed several Jewish residents of the village, and looted and burned property there.[7]

The settlement fell under Nazi control in July 1941. 10 Jewish men were killed in the initial invasion, and 6 women were killed after being raped. In December 1941, the Jewish population was killed along with the Jews of Bahushevichy and Pisiuta.[8]

A Yizkor book, Der ḥurbm fun mayn shṭeṭl un ire ḳdoyshim, memorializes the village along with the town of Zalin.[9] The village contains a Jewish cemetery, referred to simply as Kladbishche Yevreyskoye (Hebrew Cemetery).[10][11]

Demographics

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In the 1897 All-Russia Census, the population was recorded at 982 people. Among that population, 893, or 90.9%, were Jewish.[12]

By the 1999 census, the population was 117 people. By the 2009 census, the population was 2013 people.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Селиба - список улиц. Телефонный код 8-0225". My Belpost Zip. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. ^ Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь. Магілёўская вобласць [Names of settlements of the Republic of Belarus. Mogilev region] (in Belarusian). Minsk: Тэхналогія. 2007.
  3. ^ Gaponenko, I.A. (2007). Lemtiugova, V.P. (ed.). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Магілёўская вобласць: нарматыўны даведнік [Names of populated areas of the Republic of Belarus: Mogilev region: regulatory guide] (in Belarusian). Minsk. p. 406. ISBN 9789854581590.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b Chlebowski, Bronisław (1889). Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom X (in Polish). Warsaw: Józef Mianowski Fund. pp. 532–533.
  5. ^ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian SSR On renaming some settlements of the Belarusian SSR dated July 30, 1964 // Collection of laws, decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian SSR, resolutions and orders of the Council of Ministers of the Belarusian SSR. — 1964, No. 23 (1063).
  6. ^ "Мое местечко\Селиба". shtetle.com. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  7. ^ "Seliba". Yad Vashem. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Bogushevichi". My Shtetl. Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  9. ^ Schwartzburg, Abraham Loeb. "JTS - Der ḥurbm fun mayn shṭeṭl un ire ḳdoyshim". makor.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  10. ^ "Селиба". globustut.by. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  11. ^ "Kladbishche Yevreyskoye · вуліца Бярэзінская, Syaliba, Belarus". Kladbishche Yevreyskoye · вуліца Бярэзінская, Syaliba, Belarus. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  12. ^ "Селиба". Brockhaus-Efron Jewish Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 4 May 2023.