Iwye
| Iwye Іўе | |||
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  Iwye | |||
| Coordinates: 53°55′N 25°46′E / 53.917°N 25.767°E | |||
| Country |
 Belarus | ||
| Voblast | Hrodna Region | ||
| Raion | Iwye district | ||
| Mentioned | 1444 | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 9,684 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 231337 | ||
| Area code(s) | +375 1595 | ||
| License plate | 4 | ||
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Iwye (Belarusian: Іўе [ˈiʊje]; Russian: Ивье [ˈivʲjɪ] Iv'ye; Polish: Iwje; Yiddish: אייוויע Eyvye) is a town and former shtetl in Belarus in the Hrodna Province, 158 km east of Hrodna. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. The site of a dangerous rescue mission by the Bielski Brothers in late 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, as the area was occupied during Operation Barbarossa. The population of Iwye is 8,900 (1995).
People
- Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rav of Vilnius, born in Iwye
- Moshe Shatzkes, Rav of Iwye, 1913–1941
Sights
- Saints Peter and Paul Church
- Old wooden mosque
External links
- In memory of the Jewish community of Iwye
- Photos on Radzima.org
- Website of local television "Ивье ТВ"
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Coordinates: 53°55′N 25°46′E / 53.917°N 25.767°E
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