Izabelin, Grodno Region

Izabelin
Ізабелін
Village
Izabelin
Coordinates: 53°7′27″N 24°20′40″E / 53.12417°N 24.34444°E / 53.12417; 24.34444
CountryBelarus
RegionGrodno Region
DistrictVawkavysk District
Founded18th century
Founded byGeorg Detlev von Flemming
Named afterIzabela Czartoryska
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Izabelin (Belarusian: Ізабелін; Polish: Izabelin) is a village in Vawkavysk District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus.

History

Izabelin was founded in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Georg Detlev von Flemming and named after his daughter Izabela Czartoryska.[1] Later on, it was a private town of the Grabowski and Strawiński families.[1]

In the interwar period, Izabelin was administratively part of Wołkowysk County in the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the village together with the adjacent manor farm and settlement had a population of 689, of whom 71.7% identified as Polish, 17% as Jewish, and 10.3% as Belarusian.[2]

After the invasion of Poland in September 1939, Izabelin was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and again by the Soviet Union, which annexed the area from Poland in 1945.

References

  1. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. III. Warsaw: Władysław Walewski. 1882. p. 328.
  2. ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. V. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 95.