Stolin is located at the heart of the Polesia region on the Horyn River, at the crossroads of two important routes, one leading northwards to Pinsk, two others eastwards to Davyd-Haradok and Turov, that are now in Belarus, southwards to Sarny and Kyiv, that are now in Ukraine.
Archaeological evidence suggests that the area which Stolin now occupies, was settled as far back as the 12th century AD. The first mention of Stolin dates to 1555. There are three stories regarding the origins of the name "Stolin". The first refers to a group of local fisherman who cast their fishing nets into a lake a pulled out 100 fish or Sto [100 in Russian] "Leeni" [a type of local fish]. The second story refers to a ferry-boat which sunk in the river and required 100 men with 100 ropes to drag it out [100 lines in Russian]. The third refers to twelve brothers who ruled over seven nearby cities and chose what became Stolin as their meeting place and capital city, hence the name may be a derivation of stol (table)> Stolny Gorod (capital city).[2]
Stolin was occupied by the Germans from July 1941 to 1944. In August 1941, many Jewish refugees – especially women and children – from the nearby town of David-Gorodok came to Stolin. A ghetto was created in May 1942, surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. About 7,000 Jews lived in this small and unhealthy area, along the Bank River. The liquidation of the ghetto was conducted on September 11, 1942, by a squadron of German cavalry, the local police and the SD. The shooting took place near the airfield, in a large ditch.[3]
The memorial in the central square commemorates the first record about Stolin dated 1555. It features the coat of arms of the townThe war memorial of Stolin by the town's park
stolin, confused, with, stalin, stolen, stollen, belarusian, Столін, russian, Столин, ukrainian, Столін, polish, yiddish, סטולין, town, brest, region, belarus, serves, administrative, center, district, largest, district, region, 2023, population, located, from. Not to be confused with Stalin Stolen or Stollen Stolin Belarusian Stolin Russian Stolin Ukrainian Stolin Polish Stolin Yiddish סטולין is a town in Brest Region Belarus It serves as the administrative center of Stolin District 1 the largest district in the region As of 2023 it has a population of 13 550 1 It is located 15 km 9 mi from the Belarus Ukraine border Stolin is a border city that hosts many Ukrainians on market days Russian is spoken commonly here but villagers prefer their own dialects that are akin partly to the Belarusian language partly the Ukrainian language Stolin Stolin Belarusian TownFlagCoat of armsStolinCoordinates 51 53 N 26 51 E 51 883 N 26 850 E 51 883 26 850CountryBelarusRegionBrest RegionDistrictStolin DistrictFirst mentioned1555Population 2023 1 Total13 550Time zoneUTC 3 MSK Postal code225501Area code 375 1655License plate1 Contents 1 History 2 International relations 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editStolin is located at the heart of the Polesia region on the Horyn River at the crossroads of two important routes one leading northwards to Pinsk two others eastwards to Davyd Haradok and Turov that are now in Belarus southwards to Sarny and Kyiv that are now in Ukraine Archaeological evidence suggests that the area which Stolin now occupies was settled as far back as the 12th century AD The first mention of Stolin dates to 1555 There are three stories regarding the origins of the name Stolin The first refers to a group of local fisherman who cast their fishing nets into a lake a pulled out 100 fish or Sto 100 in Russian Leeni a type of local fish The second story refers to a ferry boat which sunk in the river and required 100 men with 100 ropes to drag it out 100 lines in Russian The third refers to twelve brothers who ruled over seven nearby cities and chose what became Stolin as their meeting place and capital city hence the name may be a derivation of stol table gt Stolny Gorod capital city 2 Stolin was occupied by the Germans from July 1941 to 1944 In August 1941 many Jewish refugees especially women and children from the nearby town of David Gorodok came to Stolin A ghetto was created in May 1942 surrounded by a barbed wire fence About 7 000 Jews lived in this small and unhealthy area along the Bank River The liquidation of the ghetto was conducted on September 11 1942 by a squadron of German cavalry the local police and the SD The shooting took place near the airfield in a large ditch 3 International relations editSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Belarus Stolin is twinned with nbsp Homberg Germany nbsp The memorial in the central square commemorates the first record about Stolin dated 1555 It features the coat of arms of the town nbsp The war memorial of Stolin by the town s parkSee also editStolin Hasidic dynasty Pale of Settlement Holocaust ShoahReferences edit a b c Chislennost naseleniya na 1 yanvarya 2023 g i srednegodovaya chislennost naseleniya za 2022 god po Respublike Belarus v razreze oblastej rajonov gorodov poselkov gorodskogo tipa belsat gov by Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 Retrieved 13 August 2023 1 website of Stolin in Russian about its history Yahad in Unum External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stolin Stolin Belarus at JewishGen Stolin at Belarus SIG More info and pictures of Stolin Photos on Radzima org Stolin Yizkor Book New York Public Library A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Stolin 1952 Hebrew Views of Stolin nbsp This Belarus related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stolin amp oldid 1218847351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
