Hantsavichy Explained

Hantsavichy
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Belarus
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Brest Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hantsavichy District
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1898
Population As Of:2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:13,355
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:52.8575°N 26.4819°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:225432
Area Code:+375 1646
Blank Name:License plate
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Hantsavichy or Gantsevichi (Belarusian: Ганцавічы|Hantsavičy, in Belarusian pronounced as /ˈɣant͡savʲitʂɨ/; Russian: Ганцевичи, pronounced as /ru/; Polish: Hancewicze; Lithuanian: Gancevičai) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Hantsavichy District.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 13,355.[1]

The Hantsavichy Radar Station is a part of the Russian early warning radar system.

Etymology

According to Belarusian toponymist Vadzim Žučkievič name "Hantsavichy" comes from surname Hantsavich.[2]

History

See also: Hantsavichy Ghetto. Before World War II, 60% of the population was Jewish. In the 1920s and 1930s there were four synagogues, a Jewish library, an orphanage, a Tarbut school and school in Yiddish. Under Polish administration, in 1939, the town was retaken by the Soviets and annexed to the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. The German army arrived on June 29, 1941. German occupation of Hantsavichy lasted until 7 July 1944.

From June 30 to July 1, 1941, a pogrom occurred in which 16 Jews were murdered. On August 15, 1941, 350 Jewish men were executed in the forest 11 km away from Hantsavichy. 600 Jews were shot in the town's market place. During another action 1,000 Jewish men were taken to the forest 1 km away and shot dead. A concentration work camp was established in November 1941. Besides the local Jews, there were 230 Lenin Jews and 120 native to Pogost. Small executions of 70-150 Jews took place constantly. During one of those executions, 100 Jewish refugees from Warsaw, along with two local families, Fish and Zeiger, were executed and buried in the Peski ravine. On August 14, 1942, more than 300 Jews fled the camp and others were shot. In all, during the occupation, 3,500 Jews were murdered by the Nazis in the district of Hantsavichy, including 1,500 women and 850 children.[3]

Population

Education

There are 3 schools, 1 gymnasium, agricultural lyceum and a special boarding school in Hantsavichy.

External links

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. 11 June 2024.
  2. Book: Жучкевіч, В.. be:Кароткі тапанімічны слоўнік Беларусі. Выдавецтва БДУ. Мінск. 1974.
  3. Web site: Yahad - in Unum.
  4. Book: Малішэўскі, У.А.. П.М.. Пабока. be:Ганцавічы // Нашы гарады: грамадска-палітычнае даведачнае выданне. Народная асвета. Мінск. 1991.
  5. http://gants-museum.ucoz.com/publ/1-1-0-51 Віталь Герасіменя. Першыя крокі
  6. Book: Прохоров, А.М.. ru:Большая советская энциклопедия, 3-е изд.: в 30 т. . Советская энциклопедия. Москва. 1969. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/bse/77564/Ганцевичи.
  7. Book: Шишков, В.П.. ru:Большой энциклопедический словарь. НИ «Большая Российская энциклопедия». Москва. 1998. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc3p/97414.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20150515134329/http://belstat.gov.by/uploads/bgd_files/1427878416014868.zip Statistical Bulletin «Численность населения на 1 января 2015 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2014 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа».