Liozna

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For the Hasidic group Liozna-Chabad see Shaul Shimon Deutsch.

Liozna or Liozno (Belarusian: Лёзна, Polish: Łoźno, Russian: Лиозно) is an urban type settlement in Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus, the capital of the Liozno District. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitsebsk-Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on the Moshna River. Population: 6,753 (2005)

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

[edit] Miscellanea

• The place gained some attention when on July 16, 1994 an alleged assassination of President of Belarus Lukashenko was attempted near Liozno.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Famous People from Liozna

• Marc Chagall, russian-jewish painter

[edit] External links

• Liozno home page
• Liozno satellite image

Coordinates: 55°1′N, 30°48′E