Janavičy ( be, Я́навічы ''Janavičy'', russian: Яновичи ''Yanovichi'', pl, Janowicze) is a town in the
Vitebsk District in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
. It is located about 36 kilometers east of
Vitebsk
Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...
. The population is 929 inhabitants (2009).
History
In 1939, Janavičy had 709 Jewish residents (34.8% of the total population). On August 15, 1941, 149 Jews from the village were shot in the nearby village of Valki. On September 10, 1941 a ghetto of Jews in the village was liquidated and the inhabitants shot in the nearby village of Zaitsevo.
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Urban-type settlements in Belarus
Populated places in Vitebsk Region
Vitebsk Voivodeship
Vitebsky Uyezd
Jewish Belarusian history
Holocaust locations in Belarus