Yelsk was greatly affected by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
Historyedit
The city was occupied by German troops during summer 1941. The local Jews of Yelsk were gathered and deported towards Kalinkovichi and Mozyr. Approximately two weeks after the departure of the Jews of Yelsk, the Jews of the nearby Jewish village of Skorodnoye were brought in and locked inside a building. Then, the Germans set fire to the building all the Jews were burned alive.[2]
yelsk, belarus, yelsk, belarusian, Ельск, romanized, jeĺsk, russian, Ельск, polish, jelsk, lithuanian, jelskas, town, gomel, region, belarus, serves, administrative, center, yelsk, district, 2024, population, yelsk, Ельскtownflagcoat, armsyelskcoordinates, 150. Yelsk Belarusian Elsk romanized Jeĺsk a Russian Elsk Polish Jelsk Lithuanian Jelskas is a town in Gomel Region Belarus It serves as the administrative center of Yelsk District 1 As of 2024 it has a population of 8 724 1 Yelsk ElskTownFlagCoat of armsYelskCoordinates 51 49 N 29 09 E 51 817 N 29 150 E 51 817 29 150CountryBelarusRegionGomel RegionDistrictYelsk DistrictPopulation 2024 1 Total8 724Time zoneUTC 3 MSK Postal code247831 247872 247873Area code 375 2354License plate3 Yelsk was greatly affected by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 History editThe city was occupied by German troops during summer 1941 The local Jews of Yelsk were gathered and deported towards Kalinkovichi and Mozyr Approximately two weeks after the departure of the Jews of Yelsk the Jews of the nearby Jewish village of Skorodnoye were brought in and locked inside a building Then the Germans set fire to the building all the Jews were burned alive 2 Notes edit Official transliterationReferences edit a b c Chislennost naseleniya na 1 yanvarya 2024 g i srednegodovaya chislennost naseleniya za 2023 god po Respublike Belarus v razreze oblastej rajonov gorodov poselkov gorodskogo tipa belsat gov by Archived from the original on 2 April 2024 Retrieved 6 May 2024 Yahad in Unum 51 49 N 29 09 E 51 817 N 29 150 E 51 817 29 150 nbsp This Belarus location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yelsk Belarus amp oldid 1222544139, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
