Shkloŭ

An 18th century drawing of Škłoŭ (Polish, Szkłów)

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 Transfiguration Church

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
• Rogatchover Gaon, studied in Shklov under Yehoshua Leib
• Israel ben Samuel of Shklov (c.1770–May 13, 1839)
• Pavel Axelrod (1850–1928), Russian Menshevik revolutionary
• Zalman Shneur (1887–1959), Hebrew and Yiddish poet
• Baruch Schick of Shklov (1744–1808) rabbi and scholar, Hebrew author and translator
• Josef Gusikov, klezmer musician, born in Shklov
• Naum Eitingon, general of the NKVD and murderer of Leon Trotsky, born in Shklov
• Yisroel ben Shmuel of Shklov, Rabbi, disciple of the Vilna Gaon
• Menchem Mendel of Shklov, Rabbi, disciple of the Vilna Gaon, leader of Perushim migration to the Holy Land in 1808

See also

• Battle of Holowczyn

External links

• Photos on Radzima.org
• SHKLOV in the JewishEncyclopedia
• The murder of the Jews of Shkloŭ during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.