Kosava, Belarus
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Kosava
Косава (Belarusian) | |
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 Pusłowski palace | |
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  Kosava | |
| Coordinates: 52°45′N 25°09′E / 52.750°N 25.150°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| District | Ivatsevichy District |
| Mentioned | 1494 |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 1,862 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 225262 |
| Area code | +375 1645 |
| License plate | 1 |
Kosava or Kossovo (Belarusian: Косава; Russian: Коссово; Lithuanian: Kosovas; Yiddish: קאסעוו, romanized: Kosev), formerly known as Kosava-Palyeskaye (Belarusian: Косава-Палескае, romanized: Kosava-Palieskaje, Polish: Kosów Poleski), is a town in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, Belarus.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 1,862.[1]
The nearby village of Merechevschina is the birthplace of Tadeusz Kościuszko. Kosava is the birthplace of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz. Nearby is the ruined Kosava Castle, built by the Pusłowski family in 1830, and a replica of Tadeusz Kościuszko's house in Mereczowszczyzna.
History
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 Page of Robotnik newspaper. |
The first settlements in the area are known since the 10th and 11 centuries as part of Kievan Rus'. The first mention of the town was in 1494, when it was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was a private town of the Chreptowicz, Sanguszko, Sapieha, Flemming, Czartoryski and Pusłowski noble families,[2] administratively located in the Slonim County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship. After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, it became part of the Russian Empire. From 1915 to 1918, the town was under German occupation during World War I. After the Polish–Soviet War, it was part of Poland, within which it was a county seat until 1935 until it was moved to Iwacewicze, part of the Polesie Voivodeship. On 3 February 1927, as Polish newspaper Robotnik reported, Polish policemen shot manifestation of peasants that claimed to release imprisoned deputies.[citation needed]
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Germany until 1944. In 1941, the Germans established a ghetto for Jews, both locals and refugees who had previously fled the German occupiers from western and central Poland.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 473.
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