Prushany

Prushany | Prushany
Пружаны | Пружаны
( Belarus. ) | ( Russian )
coat of arms
State :	Belarus
Woblasz :	Brest
Coordinates :	52 ° 33 '  N , 24 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 33 '  N , 24 ° 28'  E
Residents :	19,300 (2007)
Time zone :	Moscow time ( UTC + 3 )
Telephone code :	(+375) 1632
Postal code :	BY - 225133
License plate :	1
Prushany

Pruschany ( Belarusian Пружаны , Polish Prużana ) is a town with about 19,300 inhabitants (as of 2007) in the Breszkaja Woblasz in Belarus , 89 km northeast of Brest . Prushany is the administrative center of Prushany Raion . The city is located at the confluence of the Mucha River and the Wez Canal .

history

Settlement in the area began around 8,000–9,000 years ago. The first written mention of Pruschany goes back to 1433 . In the 16th century, one of the oldest Belorussian chronicles was found near the village of Mahyljowtsy - "Bychow Chronicle". The city was first mentioned under the name Dobuchyn in 1473 . In 1532 the city came under the rule of the Polish Queen Bona Sforza , who gave the city its coat of arms. In 1589 Pruschany received Magdeburg law and city status.

coat of arms

Description: In silver, a blue, gold-crowned snake spitting a child .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town:

• Semjon Aronowitsch Gerschgorin (1901–1933), Belarusian-Soviet mathematician
• Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903–1993), Orthodox rabbi, Talmud scholar and modern Jewish philosopher
• Sergei Nailjewitsch Gimajew (1955–2017), ice hockey player and coach, and commentator

literature

• Prużana , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , pp. 615f.

Web links

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