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{{Short description|Agrotown in Grodno Region, Belarus}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                = Kreva
|native_name         = {{native name|be|Крэва}}
|settlement_type     = [[Agrotown (Belarus)|Agrotown]]
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| image1 = Агляд на Крэва.jpg
| caption1 = Panorama of Kreva
| image2 = Church of Saint Mary in Kreva.jpg
| caption2 = Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord
| image3 = Кейстутава вежа.jpg
| caption3 = Remnants of the medieval [[Kreva Castle]]
| image4 = Orthodox church in Kreva, Belarus.jpg
| caption4 = Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky
| image5 = Крево, Сморгонский район, Гродненская область, Беларусь 19.jpg
| caption5 = Residential houses
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|image_seal          = Coat of Arms of Kreva, Belarus.svg
|subdivision_type    = Country
|subdivision_name    = [[Belarus]]
|subdivision_type1   = [[Regions of Belarus|Region]]
|subdivision_name1   = [[Grodno Region]]
|subdivision_type2   = [[Districts of Belarus|District]]
|subdivision_name2   = [[Smarhon District]]
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'''Kreva''' ({{langx|be|Крэва}}, {{IPA-be|ˈkrɛva|IPA}}; {{langx|ru|Крево|Krevo}}; {{langx|lt|Krėva, Krẽvas}}; {{langx|pl|Krewo}}) is an [[Agrotown (Belarus)|agrotown]] in [[Smarhon District]], [[Grodno Region]], [[Belarus]]. It serves as the administrative center of Krevas [[selsoviet]].<ref name="enc">{{cite book |last1=Gaponenko |first1=Irina Olegovna |title=Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць |date=2004 |location=Minsk |publisher=Тэхналогія |page=348 |isbn=985-458-098-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Кревский сельсовет |url=https://smorgon.grodno-region.by/ru/krev-ru |website=Сморгонский районный исполнительный комитет |language=ru-RU |date=3 March 2017}}</ref>
The first mention dates to the 13th century. The toponym is derived from the name of the [[Krivichs]] tribe.<ref>Жучкевич В. А. Краткий топонимический словарь Белоруссии. — Мн.: Изд-во БГУ, 1974. С. 182.</ref>
==History==
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The [[Kreva Castle]], constructed of brick, was built by the [[List of rulers of Lithuania|Grand Duke of Lithuania]] [[Gediminas]] in [[Lithuania proper|ethnically Lithuanian lands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/krevas/|title=Krevas|website= [[Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija]]|language= Lithuanian}}</ref> After his death in 1341, Kreva became the patrimony of his son and successor, [[Algirdas]]. In 1382, the Grand Duke [[Kęstutis]] was imprisoned in Kreva during the [[Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384)|Lithuanian Civil War]] and subsequently murdered on the order by his nephew [[Jogaila]].
The ruins of the castle were severely damaged during [[World War I]], as they were near the front lines. They remain extant to the present day.
[[File:Kreva, Zamkavaja. Крэва, Замкавая (J. Bułhak, 1901-14).jpg|thumb|left|170px|Castle Street before 1915]]
In 1385, the [[Union of Krewo]] (Act of Kreva) was signed in Kreva.
In 1387, following the [[Christianization of Lithuania]], the Grand Duke Jogaila established the first [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[parish]] in the Lithuanian [[Pagan religions|pagan]] lands and built a [[Church (building)|church]] which is now known as the Church of St. Mary.
Before World War II, 500 Jews lived in the village. After the German occupation of the town they were kept imprisoned in a [[ghetto]] and used as slave labourers in harsh conditions.<ref name="sztetl">{{cite web |title=Krewo - Virtual Shtetl |url=http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/krewo/ |accessdate=2017-07-15 |publisher=sztetl.org.pl |archive-date=2017-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730210434/http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/krewo/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> They were deported in other ghettos in [[Vilnius]] and [[Ashmyany]] in 1942.<ref name="yadvashem">{{cite web|url=http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=976|publisher=yadvashem.org|title=המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם|accessdate=2017-07-15}}</ref>
==Notable people==
* [[Nathan Mileikowsky]], a [[Zionism|Zionist]] [[rabbi]], grandfather of [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], Prime Minister of [[Israel]]
* [[Al Kelly]], vaudeville comedian
==References==
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==External links==
* {{commonscat-inline|Kreva}}
[[Category:Populated places in Grodno Region]]
[[Category:Smarhon District]]
[[Category:Agrotowns in Belarus]]
[[Category:Holocaust locations in Belarus]]