| Rasony Расоны (Belarusian) | |
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| Urban-type settlement | |
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  Rasony | |
| Coordinates: 55°54′15″N 28°48′33″E / 55.90417°N 28.80917°E / 55.90417; 28.80917 | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk Region |
| District | Rasony District |
| Population | 4,518 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Rasony (Belarusian: Расоны; Russian: Россоны, romanized: Rossony) is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Polotsk, and serves as the administrative center of Rasony District. In 2016, its population was 4,946. As of 2024, it has a population of 4,518.
History
At the 1939 Soviet census, Rasony had a Jewish population of 49 people. During World War II, it was under German military occupation from 15 July 1941 until the summer of 1944. The Soviet Extraordinary State Commission estimated in 1945 that there were 488 inmates of the local ghetto, and many of them died before the ghetto was liquidated by the Germans.
References
- ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1724.
- Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць: нарматыўны даведнік / І. А. Гапоненка, І. Л. Капылоў, В. П. Лемцюгова і інш.; пад рэд. В. П. Лемцюговай. — Мн.: Тэхналогія, 2003. — 604 с. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
- "Численность населения на 1 января 2016 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2015 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". www.belstat.gov.by (in Russian).
- Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1725.
Sources
- Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (4 May 2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933 –1945: Volume II: Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. pp. 1724–1725. ISBN 978-0-253-00202-0.