Lyakhavichy

Lyakhavichy Ляхавічы
Liahavichy Castle in the 17th century Liahavichy Castle in the 17th century
Official seal of Lyakhavichy Seal
Lyakhavichy
Coordinates:
Country	Belarus
Voblast	Brest Voblast
Raion	Lyakhavichy Raion
Mentioned	1572
City status	1931
Elevation	180 m (590 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	10,997
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	225372
Area code(s)	(+375) 1633
Vehicle registration	1
Website	liahovichi.brest-region.by

Lyakhavichy (Belarusian: Ляхавічы, pronounced [ˈlʲaxavʲitʂɨ], Russian: Ляховичи, Polish: Lachowicze) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian voblast (province) of Brest.

For many centuries, it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The city's fortress, Liahavichy Castle, survived all sieges during the Russo–Polish War (1654–1667), and was nicknamed the Jasna Góra of Lithuania.

During World War II Lyakhavichy was under German occupation from 26 June 1941 to 5 July 1944 and a ghetto for Jews was set up in the town.

Personalities

• Alexander Mukdoyni (Kopel) (1878–1958) Polish-American theatre critic who wrote in Yiddish
• Sergiusz Piasecki (1901–1964) - Polish writer and soldier
• Nachman Shlomo Greenspan (1878–1961) - Rabbi and Talmud scholar
• Jakub Szynkiewicz (1884–1966) - first mufti of the newly independent Poland in 1925
• Will Herberg (1906-1977) - Jewish-American intellectual

External links

• Lyakhovichi Shtetl homepage