Usyelyub
Usyelyub
Уселюб | |
|---|---|
  Usyelyub | |
| Coordinates: 53°43′N 25°48′E / 53.717°N 25.800°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| Raion | Novogrudok District |
Usyelyub or Vselyub (Russian: Вселюб; Belarusian: Уселюб, romanized: Usieliub; Polish: Wsielub) is an agrotown in Novogrudok District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Usyelyub selsoviet.
Before the Partitions of Poland, it belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Between the World Wars, the village was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic.[1]
History
[edit]Usyelyub (Wsielub) was first mentioned in 1422 (on the seal of its owner, Jan Niemira).[2] Since at least 1434, the settlement and its serfs belonged to Jan's son Andrzej Niemirowicz (Niemirycz).[citation needed] It was inherited by other members of the family. Later it passed into the possession of Stanisław Dowojno, voivode of Polatsk.[citation needed] In 1576 it was bought by Prince Mikołaj Radziwiłł.[citation needed]
The local Catholic Church, built of brick and mortar, was long thought to have been erected in the Baroque period of the eighteenth century.[3][4] But, archaeological examination in 1980s revealed that the building is essentially late Gothic (15th century). It has been altered by several renovations (the last of them, was done in the Gothic revival style).[5] Its title changed several times in honor of different saints (St. John, St. Casimir, etc.)
During World War II, the 40 Jewish families who lived in the town were rounded up and summarily executed by the Nazis.[6] 53°43′N 25°48′E / 53.717°N 25.800°E
References
[edit]- ^ (in Polish) SLOWNIK GEOGRAFICZNY, TOM XIV, 65: "Wsielub"
- ^ Nowak Przemysław, Pokora Piotr. Dokumenty strony polsko-litewskiej pokoju mełneńskiego z 1422 roku, Poznań 2004, S. 83.
- ^ "Новогрудский райисполком. Официальный сайт. - Сельсоветы / Власть / Русская версия". novogrudok.grodno-region.by. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01.
- ^ "Адметныя мясціны і помнікі | Беларусь Літва Падляшша".
- ^ Баравы, Р. Невядомы помнік беларускай готыкі // Помнікі гісторыі і культуры Беларусі — 2/1987.
- ^ "Catholic students clean up Jewish cemetery", Yeshiva World News, 3 July 2006