Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk (Belarusian: Дзяржы́нск, Dziaržynsk, Russian: Дзержинск), in the Stoubcy district of Belarus, is a city with an ancient history. Stolbtsy (Belarussian: Стоўбцы, Stoubcy, Russian: Столбцы, Polish: Stolpce, Yiddish: Steibtz) is a town in Minsk Province, belarus, an administrative center of the Stolbtsy raion (district). ...

The city was once the capital of the short-lived Dzierzynszczyzna Polish Autonomous District and fell under German occupation during World War II and was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in 1944. Polish Autonomous Districts were created in the Soviet Union republics of Belarus and Ukraine in an attempt to live up to the postulate of the Leninism about the rights of nations for self-definition. ... Polish Autonomous Districts were created in the Soviet Union republics of Belarus and Ukraine in an attempt to live up to the postulate of the Leninism about the rights of nations for self-definition. ... Combatants Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Joseph Stalin Strength ~ 3. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ...

The highest point of Belarus, Dziaržynskaja Hara, is several kilometers from Dziaržynsk. Dzyarzhynskaya Hara (Belarusian Гара Дзяржынская) is the highest point in Belarus. ...

City name

It was known as Kojdanava townlet of Vilna guberniya of the Russian Empire. In May, 1932 it was granted the status of city and renamed Kojdanaŭ (Belarusian: Койданаў). In June of that year it was renamed again as Dziaržynsk. Vilnius Old Town Vilnius (sometimes Vilna; Polish Wilno, Belarusian Вільня, Russian Вильнюс, see also Cities alternative names) is the capital city of Lithuania. ... Guberniya (Russian: ) (also gubernia, guberniia, gubernya) was a major administrative subdivision of the Imperial Russia, usually translated as governorate or province. ... Official language Russian Official Religion Russian Orthodox Christianity Capital Saint Petersburg (Petrograd 1914-1924) Area Approx. ...

Felix Dzerzhinsky was born in Dziaržynava estate not far from the city, and that was one of the reasons the Communist authorities renamed the city, calling it Dziaržynsk. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский; September 11, 1877 - July 20, 1926) was a Polish Communist revolutionary, famous as the founder of the Bolshevik secret police...

Nowadays in Belarus, the name Kojdanava (Belarusian: Койданава) is becoming popular again, but the official name remains unchanged, as Dzerzhinsky, the founder of Cheka, is still considered a national hero in Belarus. Cheka-KGB emblem: sword and shield The Cheka (ЧК - чрезвычайная комиссия) was the first of many Soviet secret police organizations, created by decree on December 20, 1917 by Vladimir Lenin and led by Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. ...

See also

• Dzerzhinsk (disambiguation)

Dzerzhinsk, transliterated from Russian, may be the name of one of the following places. ...

External links

• Dzerzhinsk (in Russian)
• Photos on Radzima.org
• Map of Dziaržynsk

Coordinates: 53°41′N 27°09′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...