Brahin, Belarus

Brahin or Bragin (Belarusian: Брагін; Russian: Брагин; Yiddish: בּראָהי‬ן‬) is a town in Belarus and the administrative center of Brahin District. It stands on the banks of the Brahinka River, 28 kilometres (17 mi) from the nearest railway (Chojniki station), and has a population of 3,700.

Brahin
Брагін (Belarusian)
Брагин (Russian)
Flag of Brahin
Flag
Coat of arms of Brahin
Coat of arms
Brahin is located in Belarus
Brahin
Brahin
Coordinates: 51°47′N 30°16′E
Country Belarus
RegionGomel Region
DistrictBrahin District
First mentioned1147
Population
 • Total3,700
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code+375 02344
WebsiteБрагинский районный исполнительный комитет (in Russian) — Brahin Rajon Executive Committee.

History

The settlement is first mentioned in the Hypatian Codex in 1147[1] as the important town of the Kyiv princedom. A significant part of Brahin's population traditionally was of Jewish descent. By the end of 19th century, 2,254 of 4,311 inhabitants were Jewish.[2] During World War II, Brahin was under German occupation from 28 August 1941 to 23 November 1943. Many Jews in the area were killed by the German forces during that time:[3]

On September 13, 1941, the Jews of Bragin were ordered to gather in a school for the purposes of selecting a monitor and his deputy, but when 300 Jews came at the indicated time the school they were surrounded by Germans and closed. After that, Jews were led out in groups to the edge of the village and shot.

As a result of the Chernobyl disaster, areas of the Brahin district were radioactively contaminated. 52 settlements were resettled, 9 of which are buried. From Brahin itself 1,651 families (4,892 people) were resettled.

Notable residents

Siarhiej Palujan (1890 - 1910), Belarusian writer and publicist[4]

Awards

In 2019, the city of Bragin received a passing pennant, a certificate and a cash award from the republican budget as the best settlement with a population of up to 10 thousand inhabitants in terms of sanitary condition and improvement.

References
  1. Въ лѣто 6654 (1146) — въ лѣто 6655 (1147), ПСРЛ. — Т. 2. Ипатьевская летопись. — СПб., 1908. — Стлб. 327-360.
  2. "Raspredelenie naseleniya mest Rossiyskoy Imperii po chislennosti naseleniya. Vseobshchaya perepis’. Materialy ob economicheskom polozhenii evreev v Rossii.(1898) (ed. Evr.Kol.O-va), as cited on JewishGen website.
  3. "Ghettos in the Gomel Region: Commonalities and Unique Features, 1941-42" by Leonid Smilovitsky, Ph.D., Diaspora Research Center Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of the Humanities Tel Aviv University (fulltext); citing Yad Vashem Archives, collection M-33/1120, p. 5.
  4. "Палуян Сяргей Епіфанавіч (Palujan Siarhiej Jepifanavič)(in Belarusian)". Retrieved 22 April 2022.

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