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Krupki has both believers in the [[Eastern Orthodox]], [[Catholic]], [[Protestant]] and [[Jewish]] faiths. There are [[Synagogue]] and several [[Churches]] in the town <ref>[http://www.radzima.org/pub/pomnik.php?lang=en&nazva_id=mekrkrup03</ref>.
Krupki has both believers in the [[Eastern Orthodox]], [[Catholic]], [[Protestant]] and [[Jewish]] faiths. There are [[Synagogue]] and several [[Churches]] in the town <ref>[http://www.radzima.org/pub/pomnik.php?lang=en&nazva_id=mekrkrup03</ref>.

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==Healthcare ==
==Healthcare and the Chernobyl disaster==

The Oblast was moderatly irradiated in the Chernobyl desaster <ref>[http://bellwether.metapress.com/content/e11q212q88534618/]</ref>.

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===Early history===
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It was founded in [[1067]] AD <ref>[http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-cities-in-Belarus]</ref>. The town was several hundred years old by [[World War 2]] and existed during both the time of great [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and the [[Kingdom of Poland]].
It was founded in [[1067]] AD <ref>[http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-cities-in-Belarus]</ref>. The town was several hundred years old by [[World War 2]] and existed during both the time of great [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], the province of [[[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] in 1793 <ref>[http://bycity.org/krupki/]</ref> and then the [[Kingdom of Poland]].


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Revision as of 18:32, 10 August 2009

Krupki
Крупкі
[[File:It's a blue, white and yellow sheald [1].|100x100px|border|Flag of Krupki]]
Flag
[[File:It's a blue, white and yellow sheald [2].|100x100px|Official seal of Krupki]]
Seal
Nickname: 
Krupka
Country
Subdivision		Minsk Voblast
Government
 • A MayorMayor Mikhail Omelyanchuk Chairman of the Krupki District Executive Committee [3]
Area
 • Total276.5 km2 (106.8 sq mi)
 • Land276.5 km2 (106.8 sq mi)
 • Water0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Elevation
174 m (571 ft)
Population
 • Total'Small'.
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET [4])
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)+375 17

+375 29 (mobile) +375 25 (mobile Best or Life) +375 33 (mobile MTS)

+375 44 (mobile Velcom)
License plate7

54°19′N 29°08′E / 54.317°N 29.133°E / 54.317; 29.133


Krupki (Крупкі in Belorussian, Krupki in Polish and Крупки in Russian) is a rural town near the cities of Minsk and Mogilev in Belarus [6] [7] [8].

Location

It is 65 miles East by North East from Minsk at- N54.19 by E29.08. [9] and set at a hight of 174 meters [10] [11].

The Krupki Oblast inside Minsk Voblast.

[12]

Demographics

Ethnic groups

It is mostly inhabited by Belorussians, but has Russian, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish [13] minorities [14]

Religion

Krupki has both believers in the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths. There are Synagogue and several Churches in the town [15].

Urbanizeation

Transport

The roads are mostly tarmacked and are of an average grade for Belorussian road ways. The nearest airport is in Minsk.

Environment and climate

It has the usual cool to cold continental climate of Belorussia with heavy snowfall in the winter months.

Economy and industry

Energy production

Healthcare and the Chernobyl disaster

The Oblast was moderatly irradiated in the Chernobyl desaster [16].

Technology

Education and litracy

History

Early history

It was founded in 1067 AD [17]. The town was several hundred years old by World War 2 and existed during both the time of great Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the province of [[[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] in 1793 [18] and then the Kingdom of Poland.

Jewish community

The Jewish settlement in Krupki is first noted in seventeenth century and was thriving by the middle of the 18Th Century. About 75% of the Jews fled the town during the Russian Civil War for Western Europe and America. Only 870 of them remained in situ by 1939 [19]. There were also a small Polish and Roma settlement in Krupki to.

World War 1

The town was briefly taken by a small unit of Prussian troops during the later part of the war.

World War 2

On September 18, 1941 the entire Jewish community of 1,000 people were killed by the Nazis[20] [21]

[22].[23] The massacre was described in the diary of one of the German perpetrators.[23] At first, the Germans told the Jews to gather together because that were being deported to Germany.[23] But as the German forced then into a ditch, it was evident what the Germans has in mind. At this point, panic ensued.[23]

Ten shots rang out, ten Jews popped off. This continued until all were dispatched. Only a few of them kept their countenances. The children clung to their mothers, wives to their husbands. I won’t forget this spectacle in a hurry...[23]


Some of the Germans and Austrians involved in the icodent were also injured during the panic. Very few, if any, of the local Belorussians, Roma/Gypsies or Poles supported the anti-Semitic attack and a few even actively opposed Nazi rule in their town altogether. Krupki was liberated by the Red Army during the June of 1944 [24].

During The Cold War

It was violently purged by the KGB [25]. It was to stay as part of the Belorussian SSR until 1991, when it became part of the state of Belarus.

The post Soviet era

It became part of the state of Belarus in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. A memorial cross dedicated to the victims of the Soviet purge was destroyed by Neo-Communists in 2009 [26].

See also

References

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  15. ^ [http://www.radzima.org/pub/pomnik.php?lang=en&nazva_id=mekrkrup03
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  23. ^ a b c d e Bronner, Ethan (2009-04-19). "Research on Smaller Nazi Sites Is Now Public". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  24. ^ [22]
  25. ^ [23]
  26. ^ [24]
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