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Alternate names: Sinyavka [Rus], Siniawka [Pol], Siniavka [Yid], Siniaŭka [Bel], Sieniawka, Russian: Синявка. Belarusian: Сіняўка. 52°58' N, 26°28' E, 19 miles SSW of Nyasvizh (Nieśwież), 46 miles W of Slutsk, 50 miles SSE of Navahrudak (Nowogródek). 1900 Jewish population: fewer than 300. Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), X, pp. 617-618: "Siniawka" #1.

 

photo of massacre site of the Jews in 1943. [March 2009]