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Town in Mogilev Region, Belarus Town in Mogilev Region, Belarus
Shklow Шклоў (Belarusian)
Шклов (Russian)
Town
Flag of ShklowFlagCoat of arms of ShklowCoat of arms
Shklow is located in BelarusShklowShklowLocation of Shklow, shown within Mogilev Region
Coordinates: 54°13′25″N 30°17′11″E / 54.22361°N 30.28639°E / 54.22361; 30.28639
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
DistrictShklow District
Population
 • Total14,870
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
License plate6

Shklow (Belarusian: Шклоў, romanized: Škloŭ, IPA: [ʂkɫɔu̯]; Russian: Шклов, romanized: Shklov; Yiddish: שקלאָוו, romanized: Shklov; Lithuanian: Šklovas; Polish: Szkłów) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus, located 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Mogilev on the Dnieper River. It serves as the administrative center of Shklow District. It has a railway station on the line between Orsha and Mogilev. In 2009, its population was 16,439. As of 2024, it has a population of 14,870.

History

An 18th-century drawing of Škłoŭ (Polish, Szkłów)

Jewish history

Shklov was an important Jewish religious center. There was a yeshiva there in the 18th century. Shklov became the center of the Haskalah movement. At the end of the 19th century, there were 5542 Jews in the town. During the Soviet times a dozen families worked in the Jewish kolkhoz Iskra. In 1939, only 2132 Jews remained in Shklov.

The Germans occupied the town on July 12, 1941. The first execution of Jews took place just a few days into the occupation. The Germans shot 25 Jewish men in Lenin Park. At the end of July 1941, two ghettos were established in the neighboring village of Ryzhkovichi [ru] (now incorporated in Shklow). In August 1941, the Einsatzgruppen arrived in the town and gathered 84 Jews under the pretext of sending them to forced labor. In fact, they were taken to the village of Semyonovka and shot. In September 1941, the Jews were taken to a ravine in Khoduly, between the villages of Putniki and Zarechye. They had to undress and lie in the ditch before being shot. According to Soviet sources, 3,200 Jews were killed in Shklow and in the areas around.

Transport

  • 1 railway station
  • 3 bus routes

Notable people

The Jewish family name Shklovsky or Shklover indicates that the person or their ancestors come from Shkloŭ.

Gallery

The Transfiguration ChurchŠkloŭ, Prabojnaja vulicaMonument of tractor

See also

Notes

  1. Official transliteration.

References

  1. ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  2. Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская (PDF) (in Russian). Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  3. "SHKLOV". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  4. "My shtetl\Shklov". Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  5. "Execution of Jews in Shklov". Execution Site of Jewish Victims. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  6. The Haskalah Movement In Russia – Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  7. Finkelman, Shimon (2011). Reb Moshe : the life and ideals of haGaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. ISBN 978-1-4226-1084-8. OCLC 805391556.

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