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Liozna (Belarusian: Лёзна, Polish: Łoźna, Russian: Лиозно) is an town in Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus, the capital of Liozna Raion. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitsebsk-Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on the Moshna River. Population: 6,753 (2005)

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Map of Liozna, Belarus

The first known record of the Liozno shtetl (small town with a high Jewish population) is dated by 1654.

Notable people associated with Liozna

  • Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter
  • Schneur Zalman, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
  • Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
  • Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty

    • References

    Liozna Wikipedia
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