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Kosava, Belarus

Coordinates: 52°45′N 25°09′E / 52.750°N 25.150°E / 52.750; 25.150
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Kosava
Косава (Belarusian)
Town
Pusłowski palace
Pusłowski palace
Coat of arms of Kosava
Coat of arms
Kosava is located in Belarus
Kosava
Kosava
Coordinates: 52°45′N 25°09′E / 52.750°N 25.150°E / 52.750; 25.150
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
DistrictIvatsevichy District
Mentioned1494
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
1,862
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
225262
Area code+375 1645
License plate1

Kosava or Kossovo (Belarusian: Косава; Russian: Коссово; Lithuanian: Kosovas; Yiddish: קאסעוו, romanized: Kosev), formerly known as Kosava-Palyeskaye (Belarusian: Косава-Палескае, romanized: Kosava-Palieskaje, Polish: Kosów Poleski), is a town in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, in western Belarus.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 1,862.[1]

The nearby village of Merechevschina is the birthplace of Tadeusz Kościuszko. Kosava is the birthplace of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz. Nearby is the ruined Kosava Castle, built by the Pusłowski family in 1830, and a replica of Tadeusz Kościuszko's house in Mereczowszczyzna.

History

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Kosów Poleski c. 1930
External image
image icon Page of Robotnik newspaper.

The first settlements in the area are known since the 10th and 11 centuries as part of Kievan Rus'. The first mention of the town was in 1494, when it was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was a private town of the Chreptowicz, Sanguszko, Sapieha, Flemming, Czartoryski and Pusłowski noble families,[2] administratively located in the Slonim County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship. Tadeusz Kościuszko, after being born in nearby Mereczowszczyzna in 1746, was baptized at the local church.[2] After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, it became part of the Russian Empire. The town was industrialized by the Pusławski family.[2]

From 1915 to 1918, the town was under German occupation during World War I. After the Polish–Soviet War, it was part of Poland, within which it was a county seat until 1935 until it was moved to Iwacewicze, part of the Polesie Voivodeship. On 3 February 1927, as Polish newspaper Robotnik reported, Polish policemen shot manifestation of peasants that claimed to release imprisoned deputies.[citation needed]

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944. In 1941, the Germans established a ghetto for Jews, both locals and refugees who had previously fled the German occupiers from western and central Poland. The ghetto was liquidated in July 1942 with the Jews either deported to other locations or massacred in nearby Mereczowszczyzna. In July 1944, the town was re-occupied by the Soviet Union, and eventually annexed from Poland the following year.

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
18782,130—    
19212,433+14.2%
19313,256+33.8%
20241,862−42.8%
Source: [2][3][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 473.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 199.
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