Vidzy

Urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, Belarus

Vidzy Відзы (Belarusian)
Urban-type settlement
Catholic church of the Holy Trinity in Vidzy
Flag Coat of arms
55°24′N 26°38′E / 55.400°N 26.633°E / 55.400; 26.633
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
District	Braslaw District
Population (2023)^[1]	1,533
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Vidzy (Belarusian: Відзы; Russian: Видзы; Lithuanian: Vidžiai; Polish: Widze; Yiddish: ווידזש, romanized: Vidzh) is an urban-type settlement in Braslaw District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus.^[1]^[2] In 2014, its population was 1,684.^[3] As of 2023, it has a population of 1,533.^[1]

History

During World War II, Vidzy was occupied by Nazi Germany from 27 June 1941 until 8 July 1944, and administered as part of Generalbezirk Litauen of Reichskommissariat Ostland.^[4]

Notable people

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2009). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Віцебская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 97. ISBN 978-985-458-192-7.
^ Official estimation of the population on 1 January 2014, see pop-stat.mashke.org.
^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Dean, Martin (4 May 2012). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933 –1945: Volume II: Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. p. 1156. ISBN 978-0-253-00202-0.