- Stolin
Stolin ( _be. Сто́лін; _ru. Сто́лин; _pl. Stolin; _he. סטולין) is a town in the
Brest Voblast ofBelarus . Nowadays, Stolin is the center of the largest district inBrest voblast . The population of Stolin is 12,500 people (2002 ). The Belarusian-Ukrainian border is about 15 km away, so Stolin is now a border city that hosts many Ukrainians on the market days. Russian speech is common here, but villagers prefer their dialects that are numerous and akin partly to theBelarusian language , partly theUkrainian language .History
Stolin grew up at the heart of the
Polesia region on the riverHaryn , at the crossroads of two important routes, one leading northwards toPinsk , two others eastwards toDavyd-Haradok andTuraŭ , that are now inBelarus , southwards toSarny andKiev , that are now inUkraine .Archaeological evidence suggests that the area which Stolin now occupies, was settled as far back as the 12th century AD. The first mention of Stolin dates to
1559 . There are three stories regarding the origins of the name "Stolin". The first refers to a group of local fisherman who cast their fishing nets into a lake a pulled out 100 fish or Sto [100 in "Russian"] "Leeni" [a type of local fish] . The second story refers to a ferry-boat which sunk in the river and required 100 men with 100 ropes to drag it out [100 lines in "Russian"] . The third refers to twelve brothers who ruled over seven nearby cities and chose what became Stolin as their meeting place and capital city [a derivation of Stolichniy Gorod in "Russian"] .See also
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Stolin (Hasidic dynasty)
*Pale of Settlement
*Holocaust /Shoah External links
* [http://www.jewishgen.org/belarus/shtetls/shtetl_detail.php?filename=sstolinpm Stolin (JewishGen)]
* [http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/5a6b1/523c7/ More info and pictures of Stolin]
* [http://radzima.org/pub/miesta.php?lang=en&miesta_id1=brststol Photos on Radzima.org]
* [http://yizkor.nypl.org/index.php?id=2057 Stolin Yizkor Book (New York Public Library) - A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Stolin, 1952 (Hebrew)]
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