Volkovysk

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Volkovysk is a historic town in present-day Belarus, known for its centuries-old Jewish community and changing rule under various Eastern European states.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Volkovysk canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeStatus district center ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Belarus ⓘ
governedBy local town council ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vawkavisk ⓘ
Vawkavysk ⓘ
Volkovisk ⓘ
Wołkowysk ⓘ
hasCharacteristic centuries-old Jewish community ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
multiethnic history ⓘ
hasFeature regional transport connections ⓘ
urban settlement ⓘ
hasHeritage Jewish cemetery ⓘ
memorials to Holocaust victims ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Holocaust in Volkovysk ⓘ
World War II occupation by Nazi Germany ⓘ
hasHistoricalPopulationGroup Belarusians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
historicalRegion Grodno Governorate ⓘ
Polesie ⓘ
linked to: Polesia
knownFor Jewish heritage ⓘ
changing rule under various Eastern European states ⓘ
languageUsed Belarusian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Grodno Region ⓘ
Western Belarus ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ros River ⓘ
partOf Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Republic of Belarus ⓘ
linked to: Belarus

Russian Empire ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Vawkavysk District ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPresent Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zerach Warhaftig → placeOfBirth → Volkovysk ⓘ
Grodno Governorate → contains → Volkovysk ⓘ
Grodno Region → hasHistoricCity → Volkovysk ⓘ