Shapyalyevichy (Belarusian: Шапялевічы, romanized: Šapialievičy;[1] Russian: Шепелевичи, romanized: Shepelevichi) is a village in Kruhlaye District, Mogilev Region, Belarus.[1] It is located 55 kilometres (34 mi) west-northwest of Mogilev,[2] and it is administratively part of Tsyatsyeryn selsoviet.[3]
Shapyalyevichy
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Village | |
  Shapyalyevichy | |
| Coordinates: 54°07′34″N 29°33′51″E / 54.12611°N 29.56417°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Mogilev Region |
| District | Kruhlaye District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
History
editOn 24 August 1654, Russian forces defeated the Poles at the Battle of Shepeleviche during the Russo-Polish War.[4]
During World War II, the village was under German military occupation from 8 July 1941 until 1944.[2] Several dozen Jews remained at the start of the occupation.[2] On 15 November 1941, the Jews were escorted by local police to a quarry outside the village and about 30 or 40 Jews were shot.[5] The remaining Jews were put in a ghetto until 12 December, when they were transferred to the ghetto in Kruhlaye.[5] They shared the same fate as the Jews there, most of whom were shot in early 1942.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2007). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Магілёўская вобласць (in Belarusian). Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 229. ISBN 978-985-458-159-0.
- ^ a b c Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1728.
- ^ "«Об изменении административно-территориального устройства некоторых административно-территориальных единиц Могилевской области». Решение Могилевского областного Совета депутатов от 21 декабря 2011 г. № 13-9" (PDF) (in Russian). pravo.by. 21 December 2011.
- ^ Black, Jeremy (5 July 2005). European Warfare, 1494-1660. Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-134-47708-1.
- ^ a b c Megargee & Dean 2012, p. 1729.
Sources
edit- Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (4 May 2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933 –1945: Volume II: Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. pp. 1728–1729. ISBN 978-0-253-00202-0.