Liozna

Liozna

::"For the Hasidic group Liozna-Chabad see Shaul Shimon Deutsch."Liozna or Liozno ( _be. Лёзна, _pl. Łoźno, _ru. Лиозно) is an urban type settlement in Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus, the capital of the Liozno District. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitsebsk-Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on the Moshna River. Population: 6,753 (2005)

The first known record of the Liozno "shtetl" (small town with a high Jewish population) is dated by 1654.

Miscellanea

* The place gained some attention when on July 16, 1994 an alleged assassination of President of Belarus Lukashenko was attempted near Liozno.Fact|date=October 2007

Famous People from Liozna

* Marc Chagall, Russian-Jewish painter
* Schneur Zalman, the first Chabad rebbe.

External links

* [http://liozno.tut.by/index_angl.shtml Liozno home page]
* [http://liozno.tut.by/images/map_karta/liozno_satelite.jpgLiozno satellite image]


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