Lyuban

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.

Most-observed species

• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8
• Thrush Nightingale

  Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7
• Giant Bellflower

  Campanula latifolia L. · Magnoliopsida
  7