DRUYA — (Pol. Druja), town in Molodechno district, Belarus. The Jewish community is mentioned in the late 16th century. Many Jews there were occupied in the local soap industry and others traded in farm products, like flax, grain, and hides. They… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Druya — View of Druya, by Napoleon Orda. Druya (Друя) is a historic townlet in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus, about 30 km northeast of Braslaw, located on the left bank of the Daugava River, at the mouth of the Drujka River, opposite the Latvian parish of… … Wikipedia
Daugava River — Daugava The Daugava in Riga during winter Origin Russia Mouth Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea … Wikipedia
Tripura — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction type=state state name=Tripura native name=Tripura locator position=left capital=Agartala latd = 23.84 longd = 91.28 base base map label=no largest city=Agartala abbreviation=IN TR official languages=Bengali, Kokborok… … Wikipedia
Abraham Resnick — Matthew Resnick (1867 1942, Rochester, New York) was an American Rabbi, writer and publisher.Resnick studied under Rabbi Abraham Zadok Bagin in Druya, Byelorussia. He served as rabbi in Ashkhabad (on the Caspian Sea), Kokand in Turkestan, and… … Wikipedia
Shyaulyay Offensive — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Shyaulyay Offensive caption= partof=Operation Bagration / Eastern Front place=Belorussian SSR and Lithuania date=July 5, 1944 ndash; August 29, 1944 result=Soviet victory combatant1= combatant2=flagicon|USSR… … Wikipedia
Derecho de Magdeburgo — El Derecho de Magdeburgo (en alemán: Magdeburger Recht) fue uno de los más conocidos sistemas de derecho urbano. Fue formado en el siglo XIII en la ciudad alemana de Magdeburgo como derecho urbano feudal, en virtud del cual la actividad económica … Wikipedia Español
Russo–Polish War (1654–67) — For other Russo Polish conflicts see Russo Polish War. For other wars termed Thirteen Years War, see Thirteen Years War. For other wars termed First Northern War, see First Northern War. Russo Polish War (1654–1667) … Wikipedia
Druyanow, Alter — (1870 1938) Polish Hebrew writer and Zionist leader. He was born in Druya in the district of Vilna. He was a member of the Hibbat Zion movement and secretary of its Odessa committee from 1890 1905. He lived in Palestine in 1906 9 and from 1923 … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
BELORUSSIA — BELORUSSIA, territory located between the rivers Neman (west) and Dnieper (east) and the rivers Pripet (south) and Dvina (north). Between the 14th and 18th centuries part of poland lithuania , from the partitions of Poland (1772–95) until the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism