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Dzyarechyn

Agrotown in Grodno Region, Belarus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Dzyarechyn (Belarusian: Дзярэчын, romanized: Dziarečyn;[a] Russian: Деречин, romanized: Derechin; Polish: Dereczyn) is an agrotown in Zelva District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarechyn rural council (selsoviet).[1]

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Sapieha Palace in the 19th century

Dereczyn was a private town, owned by the Kopoczewicz, Połubiński and Sapieha families,[2] administratively located in the Słonim County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1629, Konstanty Połubiński with his wife Zofia founded a Dominican monastery, whereas the Sapiehas built a palace in 1786.[2]

Prior to World War II, it was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship in Poland. In the 1921 census, 60.0% people declared Polish nationality, 33.9% people declared Jewish nationality, and 6.2% declared Belarusian nationality.[3]

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