Smarhon
| Smarhon | Smorgon | |||
| Смаргонь | Сморгонь | |||
| ( Belarus. ) | ( Russian ) | |||
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| State : |
 Belarus
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| Woblasz : |
 Hrodna
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| Coordinates : | 54 ° 29 ′ N , 26 ° 25 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 150 m | ||
| Residents : | 36,283 (2009) | ||
| Time zone : | Moscow time ( UTC + 3 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+375) 1592 | ||
| Postal code : | BY - 231000, 231041, 231042, 231044, 231045 | ||
| License plate : | 4th | ||
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Smarhon or Smorgon ( Belarusian Смаргонь / Smarhon ; Russian Сморгонь / Smorgon ; Yiddish סמאָרגאָן; Polish Smorgonia ) is a town in Belarus in the Hrodsenskaja Woblasz with around 37,000 inhabitants. From the 17th century until the Shoah, the place was an important Jewish center and property of the Polish prince Radziwill .
coat of arms
Description: A red- armored black bear with a gold collar and a blue shield with a black-gold-red three- passport stands in silver above a slanted red latticed shield base .
geography
The city is located in the north-west of the country between the cities of Hrodna , Minsk and Vilnius on the Vilia River . The EU's external border with Lithuania runs almost 60 km to the northwest . The nature reserve around Lake Naratsch is located around 60 km to the northeast .
traffic
Smarhon is located on a main railway line from Minsk via Maladsetschna to Vilnius and on several roads of local importance, including to Maladsetschna.
Personalities
- Peter Blume (1906–1992), American painter
- Alexander Deruga (1901–1979), Belarusian musician, founded the Smarhon Cymbal Orchestra
- Ida Mett or Ida Lasarewitch Gilmann (1901–1973), Russian revolutionary and anarchist
- Rabbi Menasche ben Porath von Ilya , Belarusian-Lithuanian Jewish scholar
- Aleksandr Jaschewski (* 1974), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Minsk-Mahiljou
- Aharon Avraham Kabak (1880–1944), Hebrew writer, moved to Palestine
- Moysche Kulbak (1896–1937), Belarusian-Lithuanian Yiddish poet
- Dawid Kussevitzki , American Chasan of Polish origin
- Moshe Kussewitzki (1899–1966), American Chasan of Polish origin
- Katharina Melnikowa, opera singer, soprano
- Uladsimir Njakljajeu (* 1946), Belarusian poet
- Count Karol Dominik Przedziecki , Polish freedom fighter
- David Raziel (1910–1941), commander of the Zionist underground organization Irgun in Palestine
- Esther Rasiel-Naor (1911–2002), Israeli politician, fighter in the Irgun
- Shmuel Rodensky (1904–1989), Israeli film actor
- William Schwartz (1896–1977), American painter
- Nachum Sluschtsch (1872–1966), Israeli historian, archaeologist and Hebrew writer
- Abraham Sutzkever (1913-2010), Israeli Yiddish poet