Yuratsishki | |
Native Name: | |
Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Grodno Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Iwye District |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,363 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 54.0322°N 25.9328°W |
Yuratsishki (Belarusian: Юрацішкі|Juraciški; Russian: Юратишки|Yuratishki) is an urban-type settlement in Iwye District, Grodno Region, Belarus.[2] As of 2024, it has a population of 1,363.[1]
Juraciszki was a private possession of the Kopeć, Kościałkowski and Rodkiewicz noble families within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[3]
Juraciszki, as it was known in Polish, was administratively located in the Wołożyn County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of interwar Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was 74.9% Polish, 12.8% Belarusian and 12.3% Jewish.[4]
During World War II, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.