:Iwye
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Iwye
|native_name = {{native name|be|Іўе}}
|nickname =
|settlement_type = Town
|image_skyline =Iŭje, Kaścielnaja. Іўе, Касьцельная (2010).jpg
|image_size =
|image_caption =View of the town, August 2010
|image_flag = Flag of Iǔje.svg
|image_shield = Coat_of_Arms_of_Iŭje.svg
|flag_size = 150
|shield_size = 75
|image_map =
|map_caption =
|pushpin_map = Belarus
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Belarus
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Grodno Region
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Iwye District
|leader_title =
|leader_name =
|established_title = First mentioned
|established_date = 1444
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 =
|area_land_km2 =
|area_water_km2 =
|population_as_of = 2025
|population_note =
|population_total = 6,906
|population_metro =
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = MSK
|utc_offset = +3
|coordinates = {{coord|53|55|N|25|46|E|region:BY|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m =
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 231337
|area_code = +375 1595
|blank_name = License plate
|blank_info = 4
|website =
|footnotes =
}}
Iwye{{efn|{{langx|be|Іўе|Iŭje}}, {{IPA|be|ˈiʊje|IPA}}; {{langx|ru|Ивье|Ivye}}, {{IPA|ru|ˈivʲjɪ|IPA}}; {{langx|lt|Yvija}}; {{langx|pl|Iwie}}; {{langx|yi|איוויע|Ivye}}.}} is a town and former shtetl in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Iwye District.{{cite book |last1=Gaponenko |first1=Irina Olegovna |title=Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць |date=2004 |location=Minsk |publisher=Тэхналогія |page=217 |isbn=985-458-098-9}} It is located {{convert|158|km}} east of Grodno. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. The population of Iwye was 8,900 in 1995. As of 2025, it has a population of 6,906.
History
It town was the site of a dangerous rescue mission by the Bielski Brothers in late 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, as the area was occupied during Operation Barbarossa.
Sights
Notable people
- Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940), rabbi of Vilnius
- Moshe Shatzkes (1881–1958), rabbi of Iwye
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ivye/ivye.html In memory of the Jewish community of Iwye]
- [http://www.radzima.org/pub/miesta.php?lang=en&miesta_id1=hriuiuje Photos on Radzima.org]
- [http://ivye.by/ivye-tv/01/ Website of local television "Ивье ТВ"]
- [https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007563 Iwye] at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- {{JewishGen-LocalityPage|1943674|Iwye, Belarus}}
{{Grodno Region}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Lipka Tatar communities
Category:Lipka Tatars of Belarus
{{Belarus-geo-stub}}
{{Jewish-hist-stub}}