Rasony Explained

Rasony
Settlement Type:Urban-type settlement
Total Type: 
Pushpin Map:Belarus
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:55.9042°N 28.8092°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Vitebsk Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Rasony District
Population As Of:2024
Population Total:4,518
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3

Rasony (be|Расоны; ru|Россоны|Rossony) is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, Belarus.[1] It is located north of Polotsk, and serves as the administrative center of Rasony District.[2] In 2016, its population was 4,946.[3] As of 2024, it has a population of 4,518.[1]

History

At the 1939 Soviet census, Rasony had a Jewish population of 49 people. During World War II, it was under German military occupation from 15 July 1941 until the summer of 1944. The Soviet Extraordinary State Commission estimated in 1945 that there were 488 inmates of the local ghetto, and many of them died before the ghetto was liquidated by the Germans.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 27 October 2024.
  2. Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць: нарматыўны даведнік / І. А. Гапоненка, І. Л. Капылоў, В. П. Лемцюгова і інш.; пад рэд. В. П. Лемцюговай. — Мн.: Тэхналогія, 2003. — 604 с. .
  3. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2016 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2015 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа.. www.belstat.gov.by. ru.