Yuratsishki Explained

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]

History

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.

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. Book: Gaponenko . Irina Olegovna . Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць . 2004 . Minsk . Тэхналогія . 217 . 985-458-098-9.
  3. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III. 1882. pl. Warszawa. 628.
  4. Book: . Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część I. 1923. pl. Warszawa. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 85.