An 18th century drawing of Škłoŭ
Škłoŭ (Belarusian: Шклоў, IPA: [ʂkɫɔu̯]; Russian: Шклов, Shklov) is a town in Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus, located 35 km north of Mogilev on the Dnieper river. It has a railway station on the line between Orsha and Mogilev. The population is 13,282 (2007estimate[1]). It is the birthplace of Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus 1994 to the present (2008), promoted to the director of the construction materials plant in Shklov raion before he made his mark as a collective farm manager and then moved into politics.[2]
History
- 1535: First records about the town.
- 1654, 1656 - two battles, see battles of Shkloŭ
- April 10, 1762: Coat of Arms.
Transport
- Railway station
- 3 bus routes.
People
- Yitzhak Salkinsohn, born in Shklov
- Joshua Zeitlin, rabbinical scholar and philanthropist, born here
- Shklovsky, Shklover – someone from Shklov
- 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[3]
- Josef Gusikov, klezmer musician, born in Shklov.
- Naum Eitingon, general of the NKVD and murderer of Leon Trotsky, born in shklov
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Coordinates: 54°13′25″N 30°17′11″E / 54.22361°N 30.28639°E / 54.22361; 30.28639
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