Markava (Belarusian: Маркава; Russian: Марково, romanized: Markovo) is an agrotown in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Markava selsoviet.[2] It is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Maladzyechna and 97 kilometres (60 mi) from the capital Minsk.[1] In 1999, it had a population of 772.[3] In 2010, it had a population of 698.[1]
Markava
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  Markava | |
| Coordinates: 54°19′57″N 26°35′51″E / 54.33250°N 26.59750°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| District | Maladzyechna District |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 698 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
History
editIn the interbellum, Marków, as it was known in Polish, was first administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of Poland until 1922, and then the Wilno Voivodeship.
Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, Marków was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944. It was the site of a massacre of at least 500 Jews from the ghetto in Lebiedziew, committed by the German Security Police and Waffen-SS on 24 June 1942.[4] In 1944, the settlement was re-occupied by the Soviet Union, which eventually annexed it from Poland in 1945.
References
edit- ^ a b c Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя. Т. 8: Мінская вобласць, кн. 3. Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі. 2012. p. 291. ISBN 978-985-11-0636-9.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 287. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
- ^ Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. Т. 10: Малайзія — Мугараджы. Minsk: Беларуская энцыклапедыя. 2000. p. 114. ISBN 985-11-0169-9.
- ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume II. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1221. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
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