Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk (Belarusian: Дзяржы́нск, Dziaržynsk, IPA: [dzʲar'ʐɨnsk]; Russian: Дзержинск), in the Stoubcy district of Belarus, is a city with an ancient history. The Belarusian language, or Belorussian,(беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova, Scientific: belaruskaja mova Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Stoŭpcy or Stoŭbcy (pronounce; Стоўбцы Стоўпцы Столбцы Stołpce Steibtz is a town in Minsk Province, Belarus, an Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east
The city was once the capital of the short-lived Dzierzynszczyzna Polish Autonomous District and fell under German occupation during World War II and was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in 1944. Polish Autonomous Districts (called in Russian Polraions) were autonomous Raions in the interbellum period in the Ukrainian and Byelorussian Polish Autonomous Districts (called in Russian Polraions) were autonomous Raions in the interbellum period in the Ukrainian and Byelorussian Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya
The highest point of Belarus, Dziaržynskaja Hara, is several kilometers from Dziaržynsk. Dzyarzhynskaya Hara ( Belarusian Гара Дзяржынская dzʲar'ʐɨnskaja is the highest point in Belarus.
City name
It was known as Kojdanava townlet of Vilno guberniya of the Russian Empire. Guberniya (губе́рния) (also gubernia, guberniia, gubernya) was a major administrative subdivision of Imperial Russia, usually The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya In May, 1932 it was granted the status of city and renamed Kojdanaŭ (Belarusian: Койданаў). The Belarusian language, or Belorussian,(беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova, Scientific: belaruskaja mova In June of that year it was renamed again as Dziaržynsk.
Felix Dzerzhinsky was born in Dziaržynava estate not far from the city, and that was one of the reasons the Communist authorities renamed the city, calling it Dziaržynsk. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( Polish: Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński, Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский Belarusian
Nowadays in Belarus, the name Kojdanava (Belarusian: Койданава) is becoming popular again (it is the oficial name for the railway station of Dziarzhynsk), but the official name remains unchanged, as Dzerzhinsky, the founder of Cheka, is still considered a national hero in Belarus. The Belarusian language, or Belorussian,(беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova, Scientific: belaruskaja mova The Cheka ( ЧК - чрезвычайная комиссия Chrezvychaynaya Komissiya,) was the first of a succession of Soviet State security
See also
- Dzerzhinsk (disambiguation)
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