Skirmantava
Skirmantava
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Skirmantava | |
| Coordinates: 53°50′23″N 27°03′20″E / 53.83972°N 27.05556°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| District | Dzyarzhynsk District |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
• Total | 617 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Skirmantava (Belarusian: Скірмантава; Russian: Скирмантово, romanized: Skirmantovo) is an agrotown in Dzyarzhynsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[2][3] It is administratively part of Putchina selsoviet.[3] It is located 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Dzyarzhynsk and 49 kilometres (30 mi) from the capital Minsk.[1] As of 2009, it has a population of 617.[1]
Massacre
On 29 (or 30) July 1943, most of the population of Skirmantava was murdered by the Germans for sheltering Jewish refugees from the Minsk Ghetto. Around 144 to 180 people were massacred by the Germans that day. The village was then looted and almost entirely burned down to the ground, afterwards, leaving many families and residents homeless and destitute.
References
- ^ a b c Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: энцыклапедыя. Т. 8. Мінская вобласць. Кн. 2. Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя. 2004. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-985-11-0554-6.
- ^ "Путчинский сельсовет (Дзержинский район, Минская область) Список населенных пунктов". www.radzima.net.
- ^ a b Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 181. ISBN 985-458-054-7.