The Drut or Druts ( Belarusian : Друць , romanized : Druć , [drut͡sʲ] ; Russian : Друть , [drutʲ] ) is a river in Belarus , a right tributary of Dnieper . It originates in the Orsha Upland in the Belarusian Ridge and flows through the Vitebsk , Mogilev and Gomel regions of Belarus. It is 295 kilometres (183 mi) long, and has a 5,020 square kilometres (1,940 sq mi) drainage basin .
3-666: The cities of Talachyn and Rahachow are located on the Drut. The Chihirin Reservoir on the Drut river has an area of 21.1 square kilometers (8.1 sq mi). This article related to a river in Belarus is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Talachyn Talachyn or Tolochin ( Belarusian : Талачын , romanized : Talačyn , IPA: [taɫaˈtʂɨn] ; Russian : Толочин ; Polish : Tołoczyn ; Yiddish : טאָלאָטשין ; Lithuanian : Talačynas )
6-707: A ghetto in September or October 1941, which consisted of 15 houses and had 2,000 inmates. The ghetto was liquidated on 12 or 13 March 1942 and its inmates were killed. The Germans killed more than 2,000 Jews, according to estimates made by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission . However, this figure is disputed, due to the pre-war Jewish population being significantly lower, and some Jews having been drafted or able to flee. The Einsatzkommando reported that it had killed 1,551 Jews in March, presumably in
9-477: Is a town in Vitebsk Region , Belarus . It serves as the administrative center of Talachyn District . As of 2024, it has a population of 9,666. The town was first mentioned in 1433. The village was a shtetl . In 1939, 1,292 Jews lived there, making up 21.2 percent of the total population of the town. The town was under German military occupation from 6–7 July 1941 until 1944. The Germans established
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