Astryna Explained

Official Name:Astryna
Native Name:
Other Name:Ostrino
Settlement Type:Urban-type settlement
Flag Size:150
Pushpin Map:Belarus
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Name1:Grodno Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Shchuchyn District
Population As Of:2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1,533
Coordinates:53.7333°N 56°W
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3

Astryna or Ostrino (Belarusian: Астрына; ; ; Yiddish: אַסטרין) is an urban-type settlement in Shchuchyn District, Grodno Region, Belarus.[1] In 2015, its population was 1,847.[2] As of 2024, it has a population of 1,533.[1]

The settlement is located north-east from Shchuchyn and east from Grodno.

History

Astryna was first mentioned in 1450. In 1921, its population of 1,572 included 1,067 Jews.

During World War II, the city was occupied by German troops from June 1941 unil July 1944. An open ghetto was established in October 1941. There were also Jews from others villages, including Vasilishki or Dembrovo. Shortly after October 12, 1941, about 80 Jews from the ghetto were executed at the Jewish cemetery. There were also frequent, isolated shootings of Jews in the Jewish cemetery. At the end of October 1942, the ghetto was liquidated and the Jews transported to a transit camp in Kolbassino, south of Grodno. Initially jailed in the Kolbassino camp for about a month, with about 22,000 to 28,000 Jews from nearby communities, the Ostrino Jews were sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp at the end of November 1942. Remains at the Jewish cemetery were exhumed during the recent construction of a gas pipe.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 13 May 2024.
  2. Official estimate pop-stat.mashke.org
  3. Web site: Yahad - in Unum.