Liozna
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For other uses, see Lozna.
For the Hasidic group Liozna-Chabad, see Shaul Shimon Deutsch.
Liozna or Liozno (Belarusian: Лёзна, Polish: Łoźno, Russian: Лиозно) is an urban type settlement in Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus, the capital of the Liozno District. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitsebsk-Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on the Moshna River. Population: 6,753 (2005)
The first known record of the Liozno shtetl (small town with a high Jewish population) is dated by 1654.
[edit] Notable people associated with Liozna
- Marc Chagall, Belarussian-Jewish painter
- Schneur Zalman, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch hasidic dynasty
- Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch hasidic dynasty
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch hasidic dynasty
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Coordinates: 55°1′N 30°48′E / 55.017°N 30.8°E
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