Woutschyn

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Coordinates: 52 ° 17 '  N , 23 ° 19'  E

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Woutschyn ( Belarusian Воўчын ; Russian Волчин ) is a village in Selsavet Woutschyn , Kamjanets district , Breszkaya Woblasz , Belarus and the administrative center of the Selsavet Woutschyn administrative unit. The zip code is 225083. The village is on the Pulwa River , the right tributary of the Bug . Woutschyn was the birthplace of the last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stanislaus II August Poniatowski , where he was born on January 17, 1732. The most famous sights include the Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity , the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas and the Chapel of St. Uladsimir.

In the Second World War , Woutschyn was badly damaged. On the outskirts of the village there is a memorial to the Jewish civilians murdered by German troops in 1942. A total of 350 Jews from the villages of Woutschyn and Tscharnautschyzy were shot here.

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