Chashniki ( be, Чашнікі, Čašniki, russian: Чáшники, pl, Czaśniki, lt, Čašnikai) is a town in
Vitebsk Region,
Belarus, famous for the
Battle of Ula during
Livonian War and
Battle of Czasniki that took place during the
French Invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...
(1812).
People
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Ryhor Reles
Ryhor Reles (Belarusian: Рыгор Рэлес, Russian: Гирш Релес; April 23, 1913 – September 19, 2004), a Jewish-Belarusian writer, was one of the last writers in Belarus that wrote in Yiddish.
He was born in 1913 in Chashniki, Vit ...
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Solomon Zeitlin
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S. Ansky
Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport (1863 – November 8, 1920), known by his pseudonym S. Ansky (or An-sky), was a Jewish author, playwright, researcher of Jewish folklore, polemicist, and cultural and political activist. He is best known for his play ' ...
External links
Photos on Radzima.orgJewish Cemeteries in ChashnikiThe murder of the Jews of Chashnikiduring
World War II, at
Yad Vashem website.
Casniki
Casniki
Populated places in Vitebsk Region
Polotsk Voivodeship
Lepelsky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Belarus
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