Kreva
Kreva
Крэва (Belarusian) | |
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Panorama of Kreva Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord Remnants of the medieval Kreva Castle Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky Residential houses | |
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  Kreva | |
| Coordinates: 54°18′37″N 26°17′11″E / 54.31028°N 26.28639°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| District | Smarhon District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Kreva (Belarusian: Крэва, IPA: [ˈkrɛva]; Russian: Крево, romanized: Krevo; Lithuanian: Krėva, Krẽvas; Polish: Krewo) is an agrotown in Smarhon District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Krevas selsoviet.[1][2]
The first mention dates to the 13th century. The toponym is derived from the name of the Krivichs tribe.[3]
History
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The Kreva Castle, built of brick and stone, dates from the early-mid 14th century in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and was likely commissioned under Grand Duke Gediminas. It stood in what was then a linguistically mixed region of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, politically ruled by Lithuanian dynasty but inhabited predominantly by East Slavic (Ruthenian) populations.[4][5][6] After Gediminas' death in 1341, Kreva became the patrimony of his son and successor, Algirdas.
In 1382, the Grand Duke Kęstutis was imprisoned in Kreva during the Lithuanian Civil War and subsequently murdered on the order by his nephew Jogaila. In 1385, the Union of Krewo (Act of Kreva) was signed in Kreva. In 1387, following the Christianization of Lithuania, the Grand Duke Jogaila established the first Catholic parish in the Lithuanian pagan lands and built a church which is now known as the Church of St. Mary.
The ruins of the castle were severely damaged during World War I, as they were near the front lines. They remain extant to the present day. Before World War II, 500 Jews lived in the village. After the German occupation of the town they were kept imprisoned in a ghetto and used as slave labourers in harsh conditions.[7] They were deported in other ghettos in Vilnius and Ashmyany in 1942.[8]
Notable people
[edit]- Nathan Mileikowsky, a Zionist rabbi, grandfather of Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel
- Al Kelly, vaudeville comedian
References
[edit]- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 348. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
- ^ "Кревский сельсовет". Сморгонский районный исполнительный комитет (in Russian). 3 March 2017.
- ^ Жучкевич В. А. Краткий топонимический словарь Белоруссии. — Мн.: Изд-во БГУ, 1974. С. 182.
- ^ Rowell, Stephen C. (1994). Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire within East-Central Europe, 1295–1345. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 25. Cambridge University Press. pp. 186–220. ISBN 978-0521450119.
- ^ Plokhy, Serhii (2006). The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Cambridge University Press. pp. 85–121. ISBN 9780521864039.
- ^ "Krevas". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "Krewo - Virtual Shtetl". sztetl.org.pl. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם". yadvashem.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
External links
[edit]- Kreva.Travel Tourist website of Kreva
Media related to Kreva at Wikimedia Commons
