Lyuban, Belarus


Lyuban is a town in Minsk Region, in south-central Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lyuban District. In 2009, its population was 11,256. As of 2025, it has a population of 11,278.
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History

The town was first mentioned in 1566 and received its town status in 1968. Within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship.
During World War II, Nazi Germany occupied the town from July 1941 to June 1944. In August 1941, 150 to 200 Jews of the village are murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by Germans at a gravel pit near the village of Dubniki. In September 1941, a ghetto surrounded with barbed wire was created in the west part of the village of Lyuban, near Pervomayiskayia Street. It was guarded by Germans and local policemen. Jews were used as forced labor, cleaning or repairing roads. On November 8, 1941, 50 Jewish men were shot, as a reprisal action after a partisan attack. On December 4, 1941, the ghetto was liquidated and Jews were murdered.

Geography

Lyuban is located south of Minsk, not too far from the borders with the regions of Mogilev and Gomel. It is located from Salihorsk, from Slutsk and from Staryya Darohi. The Lyuban Lake is situated north of the town and the mining area of Kaliy is located to the west, close to the Salihorsk suburbs. It is not served by railways but the nearest station, in Urechcha, is located from the center of Lyuban.

Notable residents