Markava, Maladzyechna District Explained

Markava
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Agrotown
Pushpin Map:Belarus
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Minsk Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Maladzyechna District
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:698
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:54.3325°N 26.5975°W

Markava (be|Маркава; ru|Марково|Markovo) is an agrotown in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Markava selsoviet.[1] It is located from Maladzyechna and from the capital Minsk. In 1999, it had a population of 772.[2] In 2010, it had a population of 698.[3]

History

In the interbellum, Marków, as it was known in Polish, was first administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of Poland until 1922, and then the Wilno Voivodeship.

Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, Marków was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944. It was the site of a massacre of at least 500 Jews from the ghetto in Lebiedziew, committed by the German Security Police and Waffen-SS on 24 June 1942.[4] In 1944, the settlement was re-occupied by the Soviet Union, which eventually annexed it from Poland in 1945.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gaponenko . Irina Olegovna . Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць . 2003 . Minsk . Тэхналогія . 287 . 985-458-054-7 .
  2. Book: Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. Т. 10: Малайзія — Мугараджы . 2000 . Беларуская энцыклапедыя . Minsk . 985-11-0169-9 . 114.
  3. Book: Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя. Т. 8: Мінская вобласць, кн. 3 . 2012 . Беларуская Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі . Minsk . 978-985-11-0636-9 . 291.
  4. Book: Megargee. Geoffrey P.. Dean. Martin. 2012. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume II. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 1221. 978-0-253-35599-7.