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Revision as of 09:15, 31 October 2008
Škłoŭ (Template:Lang-be, IPA: [ʂkɫɔu̯]; Template:Lang-ru, Shklov) is a town in the Mogilev Province of Belarus, located 35 km north of Mogilev on the Dnieper river. It has a railway station on the line between Orsha and Mogilev. The population is 13,282 (2007estimate[1]). It is the birthplace of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, President of Belarus 1994-the present (2007), promoted to the director of the construction materials plant in Shklov raion before he made his mark as a collective farm manager and then moved into politics.[2]
History
- 1535: First records about the town.
- 1654, 1656 - two battles, see battles of Shkloŭ
- April 10, 1762: Coat of Arms.
Transport
- Railway station
- 3 bus routes.
People
- Yitzhak Salkinsohn, born in Shklov
- Joshua Zeitlin, rabbinical scholar and philanthropist, born here
- Shklovsky, Shklover – someone from Shklov
- Yehoshua Leib Diskin, rabbi in Shklov
- Rogatchover Gaon, studied in Shklov under Yehoshua Leib
- Israel ben Samuel of Shklov (c.1770–May 13, 1839)
- Pavel Axelrod (1850-1928), Russian Menshevik revolutionary
- Zalman Shneur (1887 - 1959), Hebrew and Yiddish poet
- Baruch Schick of Shklov (1744-1808) rabbi and scholar, Hebrew author and translator[3]
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shklow.
References
- ^ Cities in Mahiljow voblast – Stefan Helders www.world-gazetteer.com.Retrieved on 2007-08-09
- ^ Profile: Alexander Lukashenko – BBC News, 9 January 2007.Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
- ^ The Haskalah Movement In Russia – Project Gutenberg.Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
See also
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