{{Infobox settlement |name = Hlusk |native_name = Глуск |native_name_lang = be |other_name = {{lang|pl|Hłusk}} |settlement_type = Urban-type settlement |image_skyline = File:Hulsk 02.jpg |image_flag = 150px |image_shield = Coat of Arms of Hłusk, Belarus.png |pushpin_map = Belarus |coordinates = {{coord|52|53|22.09|N|28|41|32.03|E|type:city_region:BY|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Belarus |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Mogilev Region |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Hlusk District |unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> |area_footnotes = |area_urban_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> |area_rural_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> |area_metro_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> |area_magnitude = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> |area_note = |area_water_percent = |area_rank = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank2_title = <!-- square kilometers --> |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_urban_km2 = |area_rural_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank2_km2 = <!-- hectares --> |area_total_ha = |area_land_ha = |area_water_ha = |area_urban_ha = |area_rural_ha = |area_metro_ha = |area_blank1_ha = |area_blank2_ha = |length_km = |width_km = |dimensions_footnotes = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_as_of = 2024 |population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/|title=Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/|archive-date=17 April 2023|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref> |population_total = 6983 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = MSK |utc_offset = +3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 213879 |area_code_type = Area Code |area_code = +375 2230 |blank_name = License plate |blank_info = 6 |iso_code = |website = {{URL|glusk.mogilev-region.by}} |module = |footnotes = }}
'''Hlusk''' ({{langx|be|Глуск}}; {{langx|ru|Глуск|Glusk}}; {{langx|pl|Hłusk}}; {{Langx|yi|האלוסק|translit=Halusk}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Hlusk, Belarus |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1943079&scale=K |website=Jewishgen.com |publisher=JewishGen |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref> is an urban-type settlement in Mogilev Region, Belarus.<ref name="pop"/> It serves as the administrative center of Hlusk District, and is home to nearly half of its district's residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/vihod_tables/1.2-7.pdf |script-title=ru:Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская |publisher=Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь |language=Russian |accessdate=13 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918181854/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/vihod_tables/1.2-7.pdf |archivedate=18 September 2010 }}</ref> As of 2024, it has a population of 6,983.<ref name="pop"/>
== History ==
The earliest written records of Hlusk date back to the 15th century. In March 1655, during the Russo-Polish War, the village was destroyed by the Cossacks,<ref>Анатоль Грыцкевіч. Глуск //Энцыклапедыя гісторыі Беларусі. У 6 т. Т. 3: Гімназіі — Кадэнцыя / Беларус. Энцыкл.; Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; Маст. Э. Э. Жакевіч. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1996. С. 48.</ref> and thus released by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from paying taxes for the following ten years.<ref>Грыцкевіч А. Глуск // Вялікае княства Літоўскае: Энцыклапедыя. У 3 т. / Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; маст. З. Э. Герасімовіч. — Мн.: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя, 2005. — Т. 1: Абаленскі — Кадэнцыя. — С. 537. — 688 с. — {{ISBN|985-11-0314-4}} (т. 1), {{ISBN|985-11-0315-2}}.</ref> There was an active Jewish community there, where Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Halevi Zimmerman and later Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz served as rabbi (Rabbi Leibowitz later moved to Lithuania).<ref>{{cite web |title=Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz |url=http://www.yeshivavolozhin.org/rav-boruch-ber-leibowitz/ |website=Yeshivavolozhin.org |accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref> During the Second Partition of Poland, Hlusk became part of the Russian Empire.
=== World War II ===
Hlusk was captured by the Germans in World War II on June 28, 1941, and with such a small population, they didn't put up much of a fight. On December 2, 1941, the Germans massacred much of the Hlusk population, an impact of which the people of the small town still feel today. The Soviet Union finally liberated Hlusk on June 27, 1944.
==Notable people== * Boruch Ber Leibowitz (1862–1939), rabbi * Yanka Bobryk (1905–1942). Belarusian poet. Published since 1924. He published a collection of poems, "Punsovae Ranne." He is also the author of the poem "Galina," about the life of the rural intelligentsia. He also published short stories and essays. * Vyacheslav Zakharinsky (1950–2016). Belarusian painter. Participated in art exhibitions since 1974. His early works are characterized by lyricism and poetic quality. His works from 1986–1996 are characterized by a complex combination of realistic and formally abstract forms, as well as conceptuality. * Valery Ivanov (1948–2020). Belarusian composer and teacher. He began his composition career with lyric songs. His most famous works include the cycle of ballad songs, "Budzce abavyazku vernyya" (I Will Always Be True) and songs based on the poems of Belarusian poets. He wrote music for orchestras, theatre, radio and cinema. [https://nashi-lyudi.by/mogilevskaya-oblast/glusskij-rajon/glusk/]
== Gallery ==
<gallery> File:Hłusk, Handlovaja. Глуск, Гандлёвая (1901-17).jpg|Hlusk, Early 1900s File:Hłusk, Babrujskaja. Глуск, Бабруйская (1901-17).jpg|Old photo of Babruysk Street, Hlusk File: Hulsk 04.jpg|Hlusk street, 2008 File: Hulsk 06.jpg|Hlusk street, 2008 </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Mogilev Region}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Mogilev region Category:Urban-type settlements in Belarus Category:Hlusk district Category:Bobruysky Uyezd