Liozna

Liozna (Belarusian: Лёзна, Polish: Łoźna, Russian: Лиозно, German: Ljesno, Yiddish: ליאזנע‎ Lyozne) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus, the capital of Liozna District. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitebsk-Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on the Moshna River. Population: 6,753 (2005)

For other uses, see Lozna (disambiguation). For the Hasidic group Liozna-Chabad, see Shaul Shimon Deutsch.

Liozna
Лёзна
Town hall
Liozna
Coordinates: 55°1′N 30°48′E
Country	Belarus
Voblast	Vitebsk Region
Raion	LLiozna Raion
Established	1525
Elevation	193 m (633 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	6,688
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)	+375 2138
License plate	2
Website

The first known record of the Liozno shtetl (small town with a high Jewish population) is dated 1654.

Notable people associated with Liozna

• Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter
• Schneur Zalman, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
• Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
• Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty

External links

• Liozno home page
• Liozno book memory
• Liozno newspaper "Styag Peramogi"
• Liozno satellite image
• The murder of the Jews of Liozna during World War II, at Yad Vashem website
• Lyëzna, Belarus at JewishGen