Djarshynsk

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Djarshynsk | Dzerzhinsk
Дзяржынск | Дзержинск
( Belarus. ) | ( Russian )
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State : BelarusBelarus Belarus
Woblasz : Flag of Minsk Voblast.svg Minsk
Coordinates : 53 ° 41 ′  N , 27 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 41 ′  N , 27 ° 9 ′  E
 
Residents : 25,164 (2009)
Time zone : Moscow time ( UTC + 3 )
Telephone code : (+375) 1716
Postal code : BY - 222712, 222720
License plate : 5
 
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Djarshynsk (Belarus)
Djarshynsk
Djarshynsk

Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk ( Belarusian Дзяржынск / Dzyarzhynsk ; Russian Дзержинск / Dzerzhinsk , polish earlier Kojdanów ) is a Belarusian city in Rajon Dzyarzhynsk in the Minsk Region , 40 km west of the Belarusian capital Minsk , with 25,164 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2009) . It is named after the Soviet revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky .

geography

At Dsjarschinsk are the Dsjarschynskaja Hara with the highest elevation in the country (345 m).

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Description: Blue schrage as a natural-colored oak branch and a natural-colored olive branch set.

history

Before the Second World War , Dzjarshynsk, then still known as Koidanow ( Belarusian Койданаў ), was one of the westernmost cities of the former Soviet Union . A Polish minority lived here , for whom an autonomous district had been established. During the Stalinist purges almost all male members and also many women of this ethnic group were murdered, while a small remainder of the population was deported .

sons and daughters of the town