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Pruzhany
Пружаны
Town
Pruzhany Palace
Pruzhany Palace
Flag of Pruzhany
Flag
Coat of arms of Pruzhany
Coat of arms
Pruzhany is located in Belarus
Pruzhany
Pruzhany
Coordinates: 52°33′24″N 24°27′52″E / 52.55667°N 24.46444°E / 52.55667; 24.46444
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
DistrictPruzhany District
Mentioned1487
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total19,064
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
225133
Area code+375 1632
License plate1

Pruzhany (Belarusian: Пружаны, romanized: Pružany, IPA: [pruˈʐanɨ]; Russian: Пружаны; Polish: Prużana; Yiddish: פּרוזשענע, romanized: Pruzhene) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Pruzhany District.[1] The town is located at the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal, where the Mukhavets River rises. As of 2023, it has a population of 19,064.[1]

History

Pruzhany has been known as Dabuchyn since 1487. In the 16th century, it belonged to queen Bona Sforza of Poland. She brought Renaissance influence and development of trades in this part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1589, her daughter Anna granted a town charter and the coat of arms of Pruzhany (a blue snake swallowing a baby on a silver shield). The coat of arms was borrowed from that of the Sforza family of Milan. Pruzhany was a center of pottery trade at those times. In the mid-19th century, a wealthy Polish landlord, Walenty Szwykowski, laid out a park and built a pretentious palace that houses a museum today, after a restoration. The museum has a rich collection on the history and arts of the region. Another tourist attraction is the landmark at the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal. It presents a statue of a passionate pair rising over waves. The Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was consecrated in 1884.

The Jewish population in 1900 was 5,080.[2] During World War II, Pruzhany was occupied by the Germans from 26 June 1941 to 17 July 1944. In 1941, the Nazis herded the Jews of Białystok and the vicinity here to create a ghetto.[3] In Aktion roundups on 28-31 January 1943, the Nazis deported 10,000 Jews of the Pruzhany ghetto to Auschwitz, via Birkenau, where the men, women and children were murdered.[4][5][6][7]

In 2003, the central part of the town was reconstructed to prepare the town for the national harvest festival “Dažynki” in autumn 2003.

Pruzhany is the birthplace of Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Torah scholar and Jewish leader. Also, the American actor Mandy Patinkin descends from ancestors from Pruzhany (as well as the nearby shtetl of Drahichyn).[8]

Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič, a prominent figure of the Belarusian diaspora, was born in Pruzhany in 1919.[9]

The former Pruzhany (air base) is nearby.

Climate

Climate data for Pruzhany (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 5.9
(42.6) 		8.2
(46.8) 		15.3
(59.5) 		23.2
(73.8) 		27.3
(81.1) 		30.2
(86.4) 		31.8
(89.2) 		31.7
(89.1) 		26.7
(80.1) 		20.7
(69.3) 		13.4
(56.1) 		7.2
(45.0) 		31.8
(89.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −0.7
(30.7) 		0.7
(33.3) 		6.1
(43.0) 		13.8
(56.8) 		19.5
(67.1) 		22.9
(73.2) 		25.1
(77.2) 		24.6
(76.3) 		18.7
(65.7) 		11.9
(53.4) 		5.2
(41.4) 		0.7
(33.3) 		12.4
(54.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −3.1
(26.4) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		1.8
(35.2) 		8.4
(47.1) 		13.8
(56.8) 		17.2
(63.0) 		19.3
(66.7) 		18.5
(65.3) 		13.2
(55.8) 		7.7
(45.9) 		2.7
(36.9) 		−1.5
(29.3) 		8.0
(46.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −5.7
(21.7) 		−5.2
(22.6) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		3.0
(37.4) 		7.7
(45.9) 		11.1
(52.0) 		13.3
(55.9) 		12.5
(54.5) 		8.3
(46.9) 		3.9
(39.0) 		0.2
(32.4) 		−3.9
(25.0) 		3.6
(38.5)
Record low °C (°F) −19.0
(−2.2) 		−16.7
(1.9) 		−10.5
(13.1) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		0.7
(33.3) 		4.9
(40.8) 		7.9
(46.2) 		6.2
(43.2) 		0.8
(33.4) 		−3.9
(25.0) 		−8.3
(17.1) 		−14.6
(5.7) 		−19.0
(−2.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 34.6
(1.36) 		31.9
(1.26) 		33.4
(1.31) 		36.8
(1.45) 		62.0
(2.44) 		61.9
(2.44) 		87.4
(3.44) 		59.2
(2.33) 		56.7
(2.23) 		42.3
(1.67) 		38.2
(1.50) 		38.4
(1.51) 		582.8
(22.94)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 9.2 8.7 8.3 7.5 9.3 9.1 9.8 7.3 7.8 8.1 9.0 9.4 103.5
Source: NOAA[10]

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. ^ "JewishGen.org". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of the Ghettos during the Holocaust, ed. Guy Miro, vol. II, p. 615. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem (2009)
  4. ^ Holocaust Encyclopedia (accessed 21 September 07) Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ The Holocaust Chronicle (accessed 21 September 07)
  6. ^ Dr. Philip Riteman biography, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada (accessed 21 September 07)
  7. ^ Women of Valor: Partisans and Resistance Fighters (accessed 21 September 07) Archived 2006-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "On Broadway". PBS.
  9. ^ "Раіса Жук-Грышкевіч" [Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič]. Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі / Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (in Belarusian). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  10. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Pruzhany". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

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