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Find sources: "Zaslawye" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Town in Minsk Region, Belarus Zaslawye Заслаўе (Belarusian) Заславль (Russian) Zaslavl Town Coat of arms Zaslawye Location of Zaslawye in Belarus Coordinates: 54°00′30″N 27°17′05″E / 54.00833°N 27.28472°E / 54.00833; 27.28472 Country Belarus Region Minsk Region District Minsk District Founded 985 Area • Total 14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi) Elevation 211 m (692 ft) Population (2026)[1] • Total 17,166 • Density 1,210/km2 (3,130/sq mi) Time zone UTC+3 (MSK) Postal code 223034, 223036 Area code +375 17 License plate 5 **Zaslawye** or **Zaslavl**[a] is a town in [Minsk District](/source/Minsk_District), [Minsk Region](/source/Minsk_Region), [Belarus](/source/Belarus).[1] It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the capital [Minsk](/source/Minsk). In 2009, its population was 14,400.[2] As of 2026, it has a population of 17,116.[1] ## History According to chronicles, Zaslawye was founded in 985 by [Vladimir the Great](/source/Vladimir_the_Great). He sent his wife [Rogneda](/source/Rogneda) to live in Zaslawye with their son [Iziaslav of Polotsk](/source/Iziaslav_of_Polotsk), the founder of the princely house of [Polotsk](/source/Polotsk). The town is mentioned in historical writings as Izyaslavl, which led to the current name, Zaslawye. In the beginning of Middle Ages, the town was a centre of the [Principality of Izyaslavl](/source/Principality_of_Izyaslavl). In the 11th century, the town was heavily fortified. Much of the town's territory has been designated for archaeological preservation now. In the modern days, the town built its outdoor statue of Rogneda and Izyaslav. During the period of [Reformation](/source/Reformation), the town was a nest for followers of [Calvinism](/source/Calvinism) and [Socinianism](/source/Socinianism). The town became a part of the [Minsk Governorate](/source/Minsk_Governorate) of the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) after the [Second Partition of Poland](/source/Second_Partition_of_Poland) in 1793. Soviet power was established in November 1917. German occupation lasted from February to December 1918. In 1919, the town became a part of the [Byelorussian SSR](/source/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic). Polish occupation lasted from July 1919 to July 1920. This district center was under German occupation from 28 June 1941 to 4 July 1944. In 1939, Jews comprised 9% of the town’s population, numbering 248 people. In October 1941, the Germans gathered 100 Jews from the town in a ghetto (a building formerly occupied by Soviet border guards). They were forbidden to go outside and didn’t receive food. The ghetto was surrounded by a fence and was supervised all day and night. On September 26 and 27, 1941, all Jewish men (at least 20 of them) were killed, 12 of whom were burned in the ghetto building. On September 29, around 100 Jews, mostly women, children, and elderly people, were taken on horse carts out of the ghetto under the pretext of future resettlement to Minsk. They were all shot in a pit in the forest near the village of [Sloboda](/source/Sloboda). For a month following the liquidation of the ghetto, 35 Jewish women were kept in one of the houses on Bazarnaya Street. They were used for different kinds of forced labor until they were all shot on October 29, 1941.[3] ## Geography Zaslawye is situated in north-western suburb of [Minsk](/source/Minsk). It is part of its urban area and one of its main towns along with [Fanipol](/source/Fanipol) and [Machulishi](/source/Machulishi). Considering that the Belarusian capital Minsk, a center of [Minsk Raion](/source/Minsk_Raion), is administratively separated from Zaslawye, it is still the most populated settlement of the proper *raion*. Th town is located near the large [Zaslawskaye reservoir](/source/Zaslawskaye_reservoir), often called the Minsk sea. ## Sites All historical attractions of Zaslawye are situated in the downtown not far from the [Belarus Railway Station](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belarus_Railway_Station&action=edit&redlink=1). The most interesting of them are the [Zamechek Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zamechek_Castle&action=edit&redlink=1), which is an archaeological site of the Zaslawye town of the 10 – 12th centuries; the [Val Site](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Val_Site&action=edit&redlink=1), which includes town ramparts and the fortified [Savior Transfiguration Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Savior_Transfiguration_Church&action=edit&redlink=1) (primary Calvinist church which was built from 1577 onward and is still in fair preservation); the [Phara St Mary Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phara_St_Mary_Church&action=edit&redlink=1) of the 18th century; a small skansen of a traditional wooden tavern, a blacksmith workshop, storehouse and steam mill. ## Notable people - [Symon Budny](/source/Symon_Budny) (1533–1593), humanist ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Заслаўе, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Belarusian): *Zaslaŭje*, IPA: [\[zaˈsɫau̯je\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Belarusian); [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Заславль; [Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Zasław*; [Lithuanian](/source/Lithuanian_language): *Zaslavlis*. ## 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 2026 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2025 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа"](https://web.archive.org/web/20260508115922/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_163365/). *belsat.gov.by*. Archived from [the original](https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_163365/) on 8 May 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** (in Russian) [2009 statistics of Belarus](http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/vihod_tables/1.2-6.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101030222404/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/vihod_tables/1.2-6.pdf) October 30, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) ([Belstat](/source/Belstat)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Yahad - in Unum"](http://yahadmap.org/#village/zaslavl-minsk-belarus.494). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Zaslawye](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zasla%C5%ADje). - [Views of Zaslavl](https://globustut.by/zaslavl) - [Jurkau kutoczak — Юркаў куточак — Yury's Corner. Заслаўе](http://szlachta.io.ua/album6786) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141223102410/http://szlachta.io.ua/album6786) 2014-12-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [Photos on Radzima.org](http://radzima.org/pub/miesta.php?lang=en&miesta_id1=memezasl) v t e Minsk district (Minsk region, Belarus) Cities Minsk (autonomous city) Zaslawye Urban-type settlement Machulishchy Rural councils (sielsaviets) Astrashytski Haradok Barawlyany Harani Kalodzishchy Khatsyezhyna Krupitsa Lashany Luhavaya Mikhanavichy Novy Dvor Papyernya Pyatryshki Samakhvalavichy Syenitsa Sharshuny Shchomyslitsa Yuzufova Zhdanovichy v t e Subdivisions of Minsk region, Belarus Districts (raiony) Barysaw Byerazino Chervyen Dzyarzhynsk Kapyl Klyetsk Krupki Lahoysk Lyuban Maladzyechna Minsk Myadzyel Nyasvizh Pukhavichy Salihorsk Slutsk Smalyavichy Staryya Darohi Stowbtsy Uzda Valozhyn Vilyeyka Cities and towns Barysaw Byerazino Chervyen Dzyarzhynsk Fanipal Kapyl Klyetsk Krupki Lahoysk Lyuban Maladzyechna Maryina Horka Minsk1 Myadzyel Nyasvizh Salihorsk Slutsk Smalyavichy Staryya Darohi Stowbtsy Uzda Valozhyn Vilyeyka Zaslawye Zhodzina 1 Administrative center of Minsk Region but administratively separated Authority control databases National Czech Republic Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Zaslawye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaslawye) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaslawye?action=history)). 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