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Slutsk (; ; ; ) is a town in Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
, located on the Sluch River
Sluch River (Belarus)

The Sluch or Northern Sluch is a river of Belarus. Rising in Minsk Voblast it flows for 228 km, past the cities of Salihorsk and Slutsk, finally emptying into the Pripyat River....
 105 km south of Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
. In 1995 it had a population of 62,800.

Slutsk was first mentioned in writing in 1116. In 1160 it became the capital of Slutsk Principality. From 1320–1330 it was part of the domain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
. Later it was owned by the Radziwill
Radziwill

Radziwill is a family of Nobility which has been powerful and important for centuries, first in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
 family, which transformed the city into a center of the Polish Reformed Church
Polish Reformed Church

The Polish Reformed Church, officially called the Evangelical Reformed Church in the republic of Poland is a historic Protestant church in Poland established in the 16th century, still in existence today....
 with a Gymnasium that existed till 1918.

Following the 17th century the town became famous for its manufactories of kontusz belts, some of the most expensive and luxurious pieces of garment of the szlachta
Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
.






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Slutsk (; ; ; ) is a town in Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
, located on the Sluch River
Sluch River (Belarus)

The Sluch or Northern Sluch is a river of Belarus. Rising in Minsk Voblast it flows for 228 km, past the cities of Salihorsk and Slutsk, finally emptying into the Pripyat River....
 105 km south of Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
. In 1995 it had a population of 62,800.

Slutsk was first mentioned in writing in 1116. In 1160 it became the capital of Slutsk Principality. From 1320–1330 it was part of the domain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
. Later it was owned by the Radziwill
Radziwill

Radziwill is a family of Nobility which has been powerful and important for centuries, first in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
 family, which transformed the city into a center of the Polish Reformed Church
Polish Reformed Church

The Polish Reformed Church, officially called the Evangelical Reformed Church in the republic of Poland is a historic Protestant church in Poland established in the 16th century, still in existence today....
 with a Gymnasium that existed till 1918.

Following the 17th century the town became famous for its manufactories of kontusz belts, some of the most expensive and luxurious pieces of garment of the szlachta
Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
. Because of the popularity of the belts made in Slutsk, all the belts worn over the zupan
Zupan

Zupan was a long, often colourful, garment worn by males of all social classes in parts of Eastern Europe in the 16?19th centuries....
 were often called the Belts of Slutsk, despite of their real place of origin.

Until World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 and the Sluzk Affair
Sluzk Affair

The Sluzk Affair refers to the Wiktionary:massacre of thousands of Jews that occurred in Slutsk, Belarus in the Soviet Union, in October 1941, near the city of Minsk while under Germany occupation during World War II....
 the town was predominantly Jewish, now the population includes no more than 100 Jews.

In 1920 Slutsk was the centre of a major anti-bolshevik
Bolshevik

Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxism Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP in 1903 and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
 uprising known as the Slutsk defence action
Slutsk defence action

The Slutsk defence action or the Slutsk uprising was an unsuccessful armed attempt to defend the independence of Belarus in the region of the town of Slutsk....
.

People


  • Isaac Dov Berkowitz
    Isaac Dov Berkowitz

    Isaac Dov Berkowitz , a Jewish and Israelis author, born in Slutsk, Russian Empire, now Belarus. His first work, At the eve of Yom Kippur , was published in the Warsaw publication, The Scout in 1903....
  • Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg
  • Boruch Ber Leibowitz


See also


  • Sluzk Affair
    Sluzk Affair

    The Sluzk Affair refers to the Wiktionary:massacre of thousands of Jews that occurred in Slutsk, Belarus in the Soviet Union, in October 1941, near the city of Minsk while under Germany occupation during World War II....
  • Slutsky
    Slutsky

    Slutsky is a surname derived from Slutsk and may refer to one of the following:*Abram Slutsky , Ukrainian Jewish Soviet head of the foreign intelligence service ...


Sister cities

  • Serpukhov
    Serpukhov

    Serpukhov is an old town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which is situated at the confluence of the Oka River and the Nara Rivers. It is located 99 km south from Moscow on the Moscow—Simferopol highway....
     (Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    )


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