Vowpa

Vowpa

Воўпа (Belarusian)
Vowpa Воўпа (Belarusian)
Agrotown
	Church of Saint John the Baptist
	Seal
	Vowpa
	Coordinates: 53°22′08″N 24°22′18″E / 53.36889°N 24.37167°E
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
District	Vawkavysk District
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Vowpa^[a] (Belarusian: Воўпа; Polish: Wołpa; Russian: Вольпа, romanized: Volpa; Lithuanian: Volpos) is an agrotown in Vawkavysk District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus.^[1]^[2] It serves as the administrative center of Vowpa selsoviet.^[3]

History

At various times it was either a royal town of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or a private town of the Holszański and Sapieha families,^[4] administratively located in the Wołkowysk County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship. It was often visited by King Stephen Bathory during his stays in nearby Grodno.^[4] In 1643, Kazimierz Leon Sapieha received King Władysław IV Vasa in the town.^[4]

The Wołpa Synagogue is located in the town, and is reputed to be the "most beautiful" of the wooden synagogues of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth,^[1] a "masterwork" of wooden architecture.^[5]

In the interwar period, Wołpa, as it was known in Polish, was administratively located in the Grodno County in the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland. In the 1921 census, 59.9% people declared Polish nationality, 38.9% declared Jewish nationality and 1.2% declared Belarusian nationality.^[6]

During World War II, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1886	1,634	—
1921	1,731	+5.9%
Source: ^[4]^[6]

Notes

^ Also spelled Voŭpa, Volpe, Wolpe, Wolp, or Woupa

References

^ ^a ^b Carol Herselle Krinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985, Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning, Dover Publications, 1996, p. 225 ff.
^ "Voupa, Belarus".
^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 127. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1893. p. 913.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Thomas C. Hubka, Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth Century Polish Community, by Brandeis University Press, 2003, p. 63
^ ^a ^b Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom V (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 43.

External links

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[1] Also spelled Voŭpa, Volpe, Wolpe, Wolp, or Woupa

[CH-K-2] Carol Herselle Krinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985, Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning, Dover Publications, 1996, p. 225 ff.

[3] "Voupa, Belarus".

[enc-4] Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 127. ISBN 985-458-098-9.

[sgk-5] Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1893. p. 913.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[TH-6] Thomas C. Hubka, Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth Century Polish Community, by Brandeis University Press, 2003, p. 63

[gus-7] Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom V (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 43.

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