Lyubavichi

Federal district	Central Russia
Oblast	Smolensk
Rajon	Rudnja
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 48141
Post Code	216774
License Plate	67
OKATO	66 238 850 001
Geographical location
Coordinates	54 ° 50 ′ N , 30 ° 57 ′ E Coordinates: 54 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 30 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Smolensk Oblast

Lyubawitschi ( Russian Любавичи Lyubavitschi , Belarusian Любавічы Lyubavitschy ) is a district of the small Russian town of Rudnja ( Rudnjanski rajon (Smolensk) ) in Smolensk Oblast .

The place is located 15 km southwest of the core area of Rudnja and 10 km away from the southwest border with Belarus . The Beresina , a tributary of the Dnieper, flows through the village .

The name of the place was especially known for the eponymous Orthodox Jewish , Hasidic movement and dynasty Lubavitch (Yiddish: ליובאוויטש, Ljubawitsch) or Chabad (Hebrew: חב"ד) that after the relocation of Ljady . Had its center here The Followers of Chabad are sometimes called "Lubavitch".

The Church of the Assumption of Mary from the 18th century and the Jewish cemetery have been preserved in the village .