Slutsk

Slutsk Слуцк
City Hall of Slutsk
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Slutsk Слуцк Location of Slutsk
Coordinates: 53°02′N 27°34′E
Country Voblast Raion	Belarus Minsk Voblast Slutsk Raion
Founded	1116
Area
• Total	24.6 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	61,400
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
License plate	5
Website	Official website

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Slutsk (Belarusian: Слуцк; Russian: Слуцк; Polish: Słuck) is a town in Belarus, located on the Sluch River 105 km (65 mi) south of Minsk. As of 2010 its population is of 61,400.

Geography

The town is situated in the south-west of its Voblast, not too far from from the city of Soligorsk.

History

Slutsk was first mentioned in writing in 1116. It was part of the Principality of Turov and Pinsk, but in 1160 it became the capital of a separate Slutsk Principality. From 1320–1330 it was part of the domain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Later it was owned by the Olelkovich and Radziwiłł families, which transformed the city into a center of the Polish Reformed Church with a Gymnasium that existed till 1918.

Following the 17th century the town became famous for its manufactories of kontusz belts, some of the most expensive and luxurious pieces of garment of the szlachta. Because of the popularity of the belts made in Slutsk, all the belts worn over the żupan were often called the Belts of Slutsk, despite of their real place of origin.

Until World War II and the Sluzk Affair the town was predominantly Jewish, now the population includes no more than 100 Jews.

In 1920 Slutsk was the centre of a major anti-bolshevik uprising known as the Slutsk defence action.

People

• Isaac Dov Berkowitz
• Maria Bohuszewiczówna
• Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg
• Boruch Ber Leibowitz
• Princess Sophia of Slutsk, a medieval Eastern Orthodox saint

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Belarus

Twin towns — Sister cities

Slutsk is twinned with:

• Serpukhov, Russia
• Brovary, Ukraine
• Sisian, Armenia (since 2008)
• Shaki, Azerbaijan (since 2009)

See also

• Sluzk Affair
• Slutsky
• List of cities and towns in Belarus
• Slutsk defence action
• Pas kontuszowy
• Słuck Confederation

External links

Media related to Slutsk at Wikimedia Commons

• Home page of the city of Slutsk
• History of the Jewish Community of Slutsk
• The Historical Society of Slutsk Presents The Pinkas of the Chevra Kadisha of Slutsk
• Genealogical history of Shklyar and Reznik family of Slutsk (also Slutsk uezd) and Kletsk. Documents of SHOA in Slutsk