Liozna or Liozno (Belarusian: Лёзна, Polish: Łoźno, Russian: Лиозно) is an urban type settlement in Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus, the capital of the Liozno District. 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)

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

[edit] Notable people associated with Liozna

• Marc Chagall, Belarussian-Jewish 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

[edit] External links

• Liozno home page
• Liozno satellite image

v • d • e Subdivisions of Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus Districts (raioni) Beshankovichy · Braslaw · Chashniki · Dokshytsy · Dubroŭna · Haradok · Hlybokaye · Lepiel · Liozna · Myory · Orsha · Pastavy · Polotsk · Rasony · Sharkaŭshchyna · Shumilina · Syanno · Talachyn · Ushachy · Vitebsk · Vyerhnyadzvinsk Cities Baran · Beshankovichy · Braslaw · Chashniki · Disna · Dokshytsy · Dubroŭna · Haradok · Hlybokaye · Lepiel · Liozna · Myory · Navapolatsk · Novolukoml · Orsha · Pastavy · Polotsk · Rasony · Sharkaŭshchyna · Shumilina · Syanno · Talachyn · Ushachy · Vitebsk · Vyerhnyadzvinsk

Coordinates: 55°1′N 30°48′E / 55.017°N 30.8°E / 55.017; 30.8

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