Ruzhany

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Ruzhany

Total population

3,021

Coordinates52.87°, 24.89°

Demographic figures from Belstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ruzhany, also spelled Rozana or Ruzhana, is an urban-type settlement in Pruzhany District, Brest Region, Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 2,642.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Isaac Shamir

7th Prime Minister of Israel (1915-2012)

Elena Glinskaya

second wife of Grand Prince Vasili III

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Aharon Luboschitzky

Nikolay Karpol

Soviet-Russian volleyball coach (born 1938)

Yehiel Mikhal Pines

rabbi and Zionist writer (1843-1913)

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Magnus Kryński

Polish publisher

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Menachem Oren

Israeli chess player (1902–1962)

Krzysztof Michał Sapieha

Polish-Lithuanian noble

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Alexander Süsskind of Grodno

historical figure

H. Russotto

Pawel Prokopieni

Polish bass-baritone

Michaś Zabejda-Sumicki

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Larisa Bahdanovich

Belarusian politician, pediatrician and neurologist

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Arie Abileah

Israeli pianist

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Yosef David Shahor

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Itta Yellin

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Belarus

• Bazargan
  1310.5 mi away · pop. 9,000
• Tazeh Shahr
  1387 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Bonab-e-Jadid
  1413.2 mi away · pop. 4,430
• Khamaneh
  1416.7 mi away · pop. 3,056
• Parsabad
  1418.8 mi away · pop. 81,782
• Tabriz
  1445.5 mi away · pop. 1,558,693
• Bostanabad
  1476.1 mi away · pop. 16,592
• Shinabad
  1485.4 mi away
• Sarab
  1494.8 mi away · pop. 45,000
• Sareyn
  1502.3 mi away · pop. 5,459
• Ardabil
  1505 mi away · pop. 482,632
• Abasabad
  1524.9 mi away · pop. 145

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ruzhany

Search results from Open Library.