Hlusk Explained

Hlusk
Native Name:Глуск
Native Name Lang:be
Other Name:Polish: Hłusk
Settlement Type:Urban-type settlement
Pushpin Map:Belarus
Coordinates:52.8895°N 28.6922°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Mogilev Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hlusk District
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2023
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:7078
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:213879
Area Code Type:Area Code
Area Code:+375 2230
Blank Name:License plate
Blank Info:6

Hlusk (Belarusian: Глуск; Russian: Глуск|Glusk; Polish: Hłusk;)[2] is an urban-type settlement in Mogilev Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Hlusk District, and is home to nearly half of its district's residents.[3] As of 2023, it has a population of 7,078.[1]

History

The earliest written records of Hlusk date back to the 15th century. In March 1655, during the Russo-Polish War, the village was destroyed by the Cossacks,[4] and thus released by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from paying taxes for the following ten years.[5] There was an active Jewish community there, where Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Halevi Zimmerman and later Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz served as rabbi (Rabbi Leibowitz later moved to Lithuania).[6] During the Second Partition of Poland, Hlusk became part of the Russian Empire.

War

Hlusk was captured by the Germans in World War II on June 28, 1941, and with such a small population, they didn't put up much of a fight. On December 2, 1941, the Germans massacred much of the Hlusk population, an impact of which the people of the small town still feel today. The Soviet Union finally liberated Hlusk on June 27, 1944.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/. 17 April 2023. belsat.gov.by. 5 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Hlusk, Belarus . Jewishgen.com . . August 15, 2020.
  3. Web site: http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/vihod_tables/1.2-7.pdf . ru:Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская . Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь . Russian . 13 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918181854/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/vihod_tables/1.2-7.pdf . 18 September 2010 .
  4. Анатоль Грыцкевіч. Глуск //Энцыклапедыя гісторыі Беларусі. У 6 т. Т. 3: Гімназіі — Кадэнцыя / Беларус. Энцыкл.; Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; Маст. Э. Э. Жакевіч. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1996. С. 48.
  5. Грыцкевіч А. Глуск // Вялікае княства Літоўскае: Энцыклапедыя. У 3 т. / Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; маст. З. Э. Герасімовіч. — Мн.: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя, 2005. — Т. 1: Абаленскі — Кадэнцыя. — С. 537. — 688 с. — (т. 1), .
  6. Web site: Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz . Yeshivavolozhin.org . August 15, 2020.