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Vselyub
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| Country | Belarus |
| Voblast | Hrodna Voblast |
| Raion | Navahrudak |
Vselyub (Belarusian: Уселюб, Polish: Wsielub) is a village in Navahrudak Raion, Hrodna Voblast, Belarus. Vseyub is a centre of selsoviet (rural council) within the administrative division of Belarus. Between the world wars, the village was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic. Before Partitions of Poland it belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]
Vselyub (Wsielub) was first mentioned in 1422 (on the seal of its owner, Jan Niemira[2]). Since at least 1434 the settlement belonged to Jan's son Andrzej Niemirowicz (Niemirycz), and then to other members of the family. Later it passed into possession of Stanisław Dowojno, voivod of Polatsk, and in 1576 was bought by Prince Mikołaj Radziwiłł. The local Catholic Church,[3][4] built of brick and mortar, was long thought to be erected in Baroque period. However, archaeological examination in 1980s revealed that the building is in its essence late gothic (XV century), though altered by multiple redecorations (the last of them, ironically, in gothic revival style).[5] Its title changed several times (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] On July 31, 1942, following the Nazi German Operation Barbarossa, Rev. Józef Kuczyński (Polish pastor of Wsielub) was executed there for sheltering Jewish children.[7] On June 7, 1944, the commander of the Armia Krajowa battalion called Okręg AK Nowogródek, ppor. Tadeusz Mossakowski (Jastrzębiec) was killed there in battle.[8]