Place:Vałožyn, Minsk, Belarus

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NameVałožyn
TypeTown
Coordinates54.083°N 26.517°E
Located inMinsk, Belarus


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Valozhyn, Vałožyn or Volozhin (, , , , Volozhin; also written as Wolozin and Wolozhin) is a town in the Minsk Region of Belarus. The population is 11,500 (1995). Before World War II about half the town’s population were Jewish but they were murdered during the Holocaust. It is located northwest of Minsk, on the Valozhynka river in the Neman River basin, and the beginning of the Nalibokskaya Forest. Average temperatures are in January and in July with of annual rain.

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