Chervyen

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Chervyen’

Coat of arms

Červień or Chyervyen’ (Belarusian: Чэрвень, [ˈtʂɛrvʲenʲ]; Ігумен Igumen till 1923; Russian: Червень; Polish: Czerwień) is a small town in Minsk Voblast, Belarus.

In June 1941, the Soviet NKVD mass-executed prisoners from Minsk in the nearby Tsagelnya forest. Wooden statue Mourning Ange, by sculptor Gennady Matusevich, was erected at the location. Commemorative events are held every year in June.

Olympic light-heavyweight weightlifting champion Valery Shary is from the town.

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "Як адзін мастак беларусізаваў цэлы горад – Наша Ніва: першая беларуская газета". Nn.by. http://www.nn.by/index.php?c=ar&i=9561. Retrieved February 9, 2011. 
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Further reading

  • Lipińska G., Jeśli zapomnę o nich..., 1990
  • Stankiewicz-Januszczak, J., Marsz śmierci – ewakuacja więźniów z Mińska do Czerwieni 24–27 czerwca 1941 r., Volumen (1999) (Polish)
  • Stankiewicz-Januszczak J., Dziś mówię ludziom, co mówiłam Bogu..., ISBN 83-914184-9-9 (Polish)
  • Petruitis J., Kaip jie mus sušaudė, Kaunas, 1942, 1990 (Lith.)
  • Tumas J. Kelias į Červenę, Vilnius, 1990 (Lith.)
Belarus Subdivisions of Minsk Region, Belarus
Districts
(raioni)
Barysaw · Berazino · Chervyen · Dzyarzhynsk · Kapyl · Kletsk · Krupki · Lahoysk · Lyuban · Maladzyechna · Minsk · Myadzel · Nesvizh · Pukhavichy · Salihorsk · Slutsk · Smalyavichy · Staryya Darohi · Stoŭbtsy · Uzda · Valozhyn · Vileyka
 Coat of arms of Minsk Region
Cities
Barysaw · Berazino · Chervyen · Dzyarzhynsk · Fanipol · Kapyl · Kletsk · Krupki · Lahojsk · Lyuban · Maladzyechna · Maryina Horka · Minsk1 · Myadzel · Nesvizh · Salihorsk · Slutsk · Smalyavichy · Staryya Darohi · Stoŭbtsy · Uzda · Valozhyn · Vileyka · Zaslawye · Zhodzina
1 Seat of the Voblast but administratively separated

Coordinates: 53°42′28″N 28°25′56″E / 53.70778°N 28.43222°E / 53.70778; 28.43222


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