Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic

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town

Wiszniew, in the Second Polish Republic, was a small town in the interwar Polish state that is historically notable as the birthplace of future Israeli president Shimon Peres.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType town in voivodeship ⓘ
administrativeStatus gmina seat (local center) in interwar Poland ⓘ
borderChange transferred from Poland to Soviet Union after 1939 ⓘ
country Second Polish Republic ⓘ
currentCountry Belarus ⓘ
currentName Vishneva ⓘ
ethnicComposition ethnically mixed Polish, Jewish, and Belarusian population ⓘ
geographicFeature located in a rural agricultural area ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vishneva ⓘ
Vishnevo ⓘ
Vishnevo ⓘ
surface form: Vishnyevo

Wiszniewo ⓘ
Вішнева ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance associated with early life of Shimon Peres ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding local church ⓘ
synagogue (destroyed in World War II) ⓘ
hasNotablePersonBornHere Shimon Peres ⓘ
historicalEventContext Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ⓘ
surface form: Soviet annexation of Eastern Poland in 1939

World War II occupation ⓘ
historicalRegion Kresy ⓘ
Vilnius Region ⓘ
languageOfName Polish ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Borderlands ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Interwar Poland

Nowogródek Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Belarus ⓘ
Hrodna ⓘ
surface form: Hrodna Region
notableAs birthplace of Shimon Peres ⓘ
notableResident Shimon Peres ⓘ
partOf Second Polish Republic ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small town ⓘ
predecessorState Russian Empire ⓘ
regionType rural town ⓘ
religiousCommunity Eastern Orthodox community ⓘ
Jewish community ⓘ
Roman Catholic community ⓘ
successorState Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Belarus
timePeriod 1918–1939 ⓘ
Interwar period ⓘ
surface form: interwar period
usedScriptForLocalNames Cyrillic script ⓘ
surface form: Cyrillic alphabet

Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shimon Peres → placeOfBirth → Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Peres → placeOfBirth → Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon Peres