Valozhyn
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Valozhyn, Vałožyn or Volozhin (Belarusian: Вало́жын, IPA: [va'ɫoʐɨn]; Russian: Воло́жин; Polish: Wołożyn, Yiddish: וואלאזשין) is a town in the Minsk Province of Belarus. The population is 11,500 (1995). It is located at Coordinates: , 75 km northwest of Minsk, on Vałožynka river.
Valozhyn was the site of the yeshiva (Talmudic seminary), the Volozhin yeshiva, founded in the early 19th century by Rabbi Chaim Volozhin and closed by the authorities in 1892. It spawned a large number of similar institutions in Belarus, Russia and Lithuania.
[edit] Famous natives or long-term residents
- Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, head of the Valozhyn yeshiva
- Shimon Peres, President of Israel
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