Kalyshki or Kolyshki is a village in
Lyozna District
Lyozna district (; ) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk region, Belarus. The administrative center of the district is Lyozna
Lyozna or Liozno is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lyoz ...
,
Vitebsk Region,
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
. It is located near the
border with Russia.
Notable people
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Avraham Kalisker (1741–1810), rabbi and
Hasidic
Hasidism () or Hasidic Judaism is a religious movement within Judaism that arose in the 18th century as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine before spreading rapidly throughout Eastern Europe. Today, most of those aff ...
leader
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Yefim Fomin
Yefim Moiseyevich Fomin (; ; 15 January 1909 – 26 June 1941) was a Soviet political commissar. He is known for his part in the 1941 Defense of Brest Fortress, during which the German Army captured and immediately executed him.
Early life ...
(1909–1941), Soviet
political commissar
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Populated places in Vitebsk region
Villages in Belarus
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Historic Jewish communities in Belarus
Lyozna district