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Novogrudok or Navahrudak (Belarusian: Навагрудак; Russian: Новогрудок; Polish: Nowogródek, Lithuanian: Naugardukas; Yiddish: נאַוואַראַדאָק) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Novogrudok District. As of 2024, it has a population of 27,936.
The Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek, the Eleven Nuns of Nowogródek or Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions, were a group of members of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a Polish Roman Catholic religious congregation, executed by the Gestapo in August 1943 in occupied Poland (present-day ...
Novogrudok District or Navahrudak District (Belarusian: Навагрудскі раён, romanized: Navahrudski rajon; Russian: Новогрудский район, romanized: Novogrudsky rayon) is a district of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Novogrudok. As of 2024, it has a population of 40,761.
NOVOGRUDOK (Pol. Nowogródek; also referred to by Jews as Novaredok), city in Grodno district, Belarus. Novogrudok was within Poland-Lithuania until the third partition of Poland (1795), when it passed to Russia, from 1842, and a county capital in the province of Minsk.
Jun 6, 2017 · NOVOGRUDOK, Belarus ( JTA) — People in Jared Kushner’s ancestral town tend to speak very highly of President Donald Trump. That’s generally the norm in the former Soviet Union.
Small, but widely known, Novogrudok (Navaredok or Nowogródek) lies in the west of Belarus about 200 km from the Polish border and 150 km from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
Sep 23, 2023 · Continuing on that theme, this week, survivors and their families will mark the 80th anniversary of one of the most courageous and miraculous escapes of World War II, and the Holocaust in...
Novogrudok district is located in the eastern part of Grodno region and occupies the territory of 1,7 thousand square km. It borders with the Ivye, Lida, Dyatlovo and Korelichi districts of Grodno region and Stolbtsy district of Minsk region.
Russian town in the government of Minsk. The first mention of Jews in connection with Novogrudok dates back to 1484, when King Casimir Jagellon leased the customs duties of the place to Ilia Moiseyevich, Rubim Sakovich, Avram Danilovich, and Eska Shelemovich, Jews of Troki.
Novogrudok quickly became the richest town in the lands along the Neman River. Agriculture and animal husbandry grew rapidly, crafts and trade flourished and the population rose manifold. By the 13th century, Novogrudok turned into a major political center.
