# Radun, Belarus

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Urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, Belarus

Radun Радунь Urban-type settlement Flag Coat of arms Radun Coordinates: 54°2′53.16″N 24°59′44.88″E / 54.0481000°N 24.9958000°E / 54.0481000; 24.9958000 Country Belarus Region Grodno Region District Voranava District Elevation 165 m (541 ft) Population (2025)[1] • Total 2,001 Time zone UTC+3 (MSK) Postal code 231390 Area code +375 1594 License plate 4

**Radun**[a] is an [urban-type settlement](/source/List_of_urban-type_settlements_in_Belarus) in [Voranava District](/source/Voranava_District), [Grodno Region](/source/Grodno_Region), in western [Belarus](/source/Belarus).[2][3] As of 2025, it has a population of 2,001.[1]

## History

Church of Mother of God of the Rosary in the 1940s

Raduń was a [royal town](/source/Royal_city_in_Poland),[4] administratively located in the Lida County in the [Vilnius Voivodeship](/source/Vilnius_Voivodeship) of the [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth). The shortest 16th-century route connecting [Kraków](/source/Krak%C3%B3w) and [Vilnius](/source/Vilnius) led through the town.[4]

It was the home of [Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan](/source/Yisrael_Meir_Kagan), known as the Chofetz Chaim, and his [Raduń Yeshiva](/source/Radu%C5%84_Yeshiva) founded in 1869.

Raduń, as it was known in Polish, was administratively located in the Lida County in the [Nowogródek Voivodeship](/source/Nowogr%C3%B3dek_Voivodeship_(1919%E2%80%931939)) of Poland in the interwar period. In the 1921 census, 61.2% people declared [Polish](/source/Polish_people) nationality, and 38,0% declared Jewish nationality.[5]

After the [Invasion of Poland](/source/Invasion_of_Poland) in September 1939, Radun was occupied by the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) and incorporated into the [Byelorussian SSR](/source/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic) on 14 November 1939. In 1940, most of the yeshiva students were transferred to the United States via Japan.

From June 1941 until 13 July 1944, Radun was [occupied by Germany](/source/German_occupation_of_Byelorussia_during_World_War_II) and administered as a part of the *[Generalbezirk Weißruthenien](/source/Generalbezirk_Weissruthenien)* of *[Reichskommissariat Ostland](/source/Reichskommissariat_Ostland)*. On November 16, 1941, a fenced [ghetto](/source/Jewish_ghettos_established_by_Nazi_Germany) was established on Zhydovska Street, previously a Jewish street. There were also Jews from neighbouring villages gathered in the ghetto: Dovguielishki, Zabolote, Zhyrmuny and Nacha. More than 2,000 Jews were confined inside the ghetto.

On May 10, 1942, 100 young Jews were requisitioned to dig pits in the Jewish cemetery. As the working Jews attempted a mass-escape, many of them were shot. When the ghetto was liquidated, more than 1,500 Jews were killed by the Germans and the local police. Nearly 300 skilled artisans were kept alive, and later sent to [Shchuchin](/source/Shchuchin) ghetto and from there, after a while, to their deaths in an unknown location.[6] As of 2018, there were no Jews living in Radun.[7]

## Demographics

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1866 869 — 1881 1,526 +75.6% 1921 1,254 −17.8% 2009 2,673 +113.2% 2024 2,012 −24.7% 2025 2,001 −0.5% Source: [4][5][8][9][1]

Distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the [2009 Belarusian census](/source/2009_Belarusian_census):[8]

percent Poles 80.88% Belarusians 10.48% Russians 2.96% Romani 2.66% Lithuanians 2.10% Ukrainians 0.60%

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Радунь, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Belarusian): *Raduń*; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Радунь; [Lithuanian](/source/Lithuanian_language): *Rodūnia, Rodūnė*; [Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Raduń*; [Yiddish](/source/Yiddish_language): ראַדין, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Yiddish): *Radin*.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pop_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pop_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pop_1-2) ["Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250329210112/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/). *belsat.gov.by*. Archived from [the original](https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/) on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["RADIN HISTORY"](http://www.flora-and-sam.com/finalversion/finishedversion/pages/RadinHistory.htm). *flora-and-sam.com*. Retrieved Jan 15, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-enc_4-0)** Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). *Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць*. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 137. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [985-458-098-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/985-458-098-9).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sgk_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sgk_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-sgk_5-2) *Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX* (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. p. 450.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gus_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gus_6-1) *Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część I* (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1923. p. 26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Yahad - in Unum"](http://www.yahadmap.org/#village/radun-grodno-belarus.884).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Gershon Hellman (Feb 14, 2018). "Returning to Radin". *[Ami Magazine](/source/Ami_Magazine)*. No. 355. p. 50.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pop2009_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pop2009_9-1) ["Ethnic composition of Belarus 2009"](http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-ethnic-comm2009.htm). Retrieved 30 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/). *belsat.gov.by*. Archived from [the original](https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/) on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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