Shkloŭ

Škłoŭ (Belarusian: Шклоў, [ʂkɫɔu̯]; Russian: Шклов, Shklov; Yiddish: שקלאָוו, Shklav) is a town in Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus, located 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Mogilev on the Dnieper river. It has a railway station on the line between Orsha and Mogilev. As of 2009, its population was 16,439.

History

  • 1535: First records about the town.
  • 1654, 1656: two battles, see battles of Shkloŭ
  • April 10, 1762: Coat of arms.
  • Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus since 1994, held a position as the director of the construction materials plant in Shklov Raion before he became a collective farm manager and then moved into politics.

    Transport

  • Railway station
  • 3 bus routes
  • People

    The Jewish family name Shklovsky or Shklover indicates that the person or their ancestors come from Shkloŭ.

  • Semyon Zorich, Serbian-born Russian General who founded an estate in Shkloŭ (Shklov).
  • Yitzhak Salkinsohn, born in Shklov
  • Joshua Zeitlin, rabbinical scholar and philanthropist, born here
  • Yehoshua Leib Diskin, rabbi in Shklov
  • Shklo

    Shklo (Ukrainian: Шкло) is an urban-type settlement in Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in southwest Ukraine. Population: 5,839(2013 est.).

    Shklo is situated in the 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the regional center Lviv, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the district center Yavoriv, and 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Krakovets.

    Sanatorium treatment

    In the village located sanatorium “Shklo” He is rich in the unique combination of natural medicinal factors. There are drinkable sources of slightly mineralised water “Naftusia-Shklo”, hydrogen-sulphidous springs of high and middle mineralization and peaty-mineral medicinal muds.

    Culture

    The village has two sights of architecture Yavoriv district:

  • Church of St. Paraskeva (wooden) 1732 (1454 /1).
  • The bell tower of the church of St. Paraskeva (wooden) 1732 (1454 /2).
  • And the village has one sight of architecture local importance:

  • The Parish School of the 18th century. (556–м).
  • Personalities

  • Hordynsky Yaroslav Antonovich (1882-1939) - Ukrainian literary critic, literary historian, translator, teacher. Full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society.
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