Ruzhany

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Ruzhany is a historic town in present-day Belarus, formerly part of Poland, known for its Jewish heritage and as the birthplace of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town
settlement
town
administrativeStatus urban-type settlement
belongsTo historical region of Polesia
country Belarus
demographicChange loss of Jewish population during the Holocaust
formerCountry Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Empire
Second Polish Republic
hasEconomySector local agriculture
small-scale trade
hasHeritage Belarusian heritage
Jewish heritage
Polish heritage
hasNotableFamily Sapieha family
hasNotablePerson Yitzhak Shamir
hasReligiousSite Catholic church
Orthodox church
synagogue (historical)
hasStructure Ruzhany Palace
surface form: Ruzhany Palace ruins
heritageStatus site of architectural heritage
historicalEvent Holocaust in local Jewish community
Nazi occupation during World War II
knownFor Jewish community before World War II
Ruzhany Palace
Sapieha family residence
birthplace of Yitzhak Shamir
languageUsed Belarusian
Polish (historical)
Russian
Yiddish (historical)
locatedIn Brest Region
Eastern Europe
Pruzhany
surface form: Pruzhany District

Western Belarus
locatedOn Ruzhanka River
nearbyCity Brest (Belarus)
surface form: Brest

Pruzhany
partOf Brest Region
surface form: Brest Voblast
regionHistory part of Grodno Governorate in Russian Empire
part of Polesie Voivodeship in Second Polish Republic
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time

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Yitzhak Shamir placeOfBirth Ruzhany
Shamir wasBornIn Ruzhany
subject surface form: Yitzhak Shamir