Hlusk

Hlusk (Alternate names: Halusk; formerly Glusk; Belarusian: Глуск; Russian: Глуск, romanized: Glusk; Polish: Hłusk)[1] is an urban-type settlement in the Hlusk District in the Mogilev Region of Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of the Hlusk District, and is home to nearly half of its district's residents.[2]

Hlusk Глуск
Urban-type settlement
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°53′22.09″N 28°41′32.03″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Mogilev Region
District	Hlusk District
Population  (2017)
• Total	7,152
Website	glusk.mogilev-region.by

History

The earliest written records of Hlusk date back to the 15th century. In March 1655, during the Russo-Polish War, the village was destroyed by the Cossacks,[3] and thus released by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from paying taxes for the following ten years.[4] There was an active Jewish community there, where Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman and later Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz served as rabbi (Rabbi Leibowitz later moved to Lithuania).[5] During the Second Partition of Poland, Hlusk became part of the Russian Empire. It was occupied by the Germans on June 28, 1941, and remained under their control until June 27, 1944.

Gallery

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  Hlusk, Early 1900s
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  Old photo of Babruysk Street, Hlusk
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  Hlusk street, 2008
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  Hlusk street, 2008
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  Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz, former rabbi of Hlusk (until 1904)

References

1. "Hlusk, Belarus". Jewishgen.com. JewishGen. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
2. Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская (PDF) (in Russian). Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
3. Анатоль Грыцкевіч. Глуск //Энцыклапедыя гісторыі Беларусі. У 6 т. Т. 3: Гімназіі — Кадэнцыя / Беларус. Энцыкл.; Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; Маст. Э. Э. Жакевіч. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1996. С. 48.
4. Грыцкевіч А. Глуск // Вялікае княства Літоўскае: Энцыклапедыя. У 3 т. / Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; маст. З. Э. Герасімовіч. — Мн.: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя, 2005. — Т. 1: Абаленскі — Кадэнцыя. — С. 537. — 688 с. — ISBN 985-11-0314-4 (т. 1), ISBN 985-11-0315-2.
5. "Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz". Yeshivavolozhin.org. Retrieved August 15, 2020.