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Yanovichi is a town in the Vitebsk District in Belarus. It is located about 36 kilometers east of Vitebsk. The population is 929 inhabitants (2009).
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Map of Janavi%C4%8Dy, Belarus
History
In 1939, Yanovichi had 709 Jewish residents (34.8% of the total population). On August 15, 1941, 149 Jews from the village were shot in the nearby village of Valki. On September 10, 1941 a ghetto of Jews in the village was liquidated and the inhabitants shot in the nearby village of Zaitsevo.
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Yanovichi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA