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{{Short description|Town in Brest Region, Belarus}}
{{more references|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name               = Pruzhany
|native_name        = Пружаны
|nickname           =
|settlement_type    = [[List of cities and largest towns in Belarus|Town]]
|image_skyline      = Pruzhany palace.jpg
|image_size         =
|image_caption      = Pruzhany Palace
|image_flag         = Pruzhany-flag-concept-d1.jpg
|image_shield       = Coat of Arms of Pružany, Belarus.svg
|shield_size        = 75px
|flag_size          = 150px
|image_map          =
|map_caption        =
|pushpin_map=Belarus
|subdivision_type   = Country
|subdivision_name   = [[Belarus]]
|subdivision_type1=[[Regions of Belarus|Region]]
|subdivision_name1=[[Brest Region]]
|subdivision_type2=[[Districts of Belarus|District]]
|subdivision_name2=[[Pruzhany District]]
|leader_title       =
|leader_name        =
|established_title  = Mentioned
|established_date   = 1487
|area_magnitude     =
|area_total_km2         =
|area_land_km2          =
|area_water_km2         =
|population_as_of   = 2024
|population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|title=Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|archive-date=2 April 2024|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>
|population_total   = 18,994
|population_metro   =
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = [[Moscow Time|MSK]]
|utc_offset = +3
|coordinates        = {{coord|52|33|24|N|24|27|52|E|region:BY|display=inline}}
|elevation_m        =
|postal_code_type   = Postal code
|postal_code        = 225133
|area_code          = +375 1632
|blank_name         = License plate
|blank_info         = 1
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'''Pruzhany''' ({{langx|be|Пружаны|Pružany}}, {{IPA-be|pruˈʐanɨ|IPA}}; {{langx|ru|Пружаны}}; {{langx|pl|Prużana}}; {{langx|yi|פּרוזשענע|Pruzhene}}) is a [[town]] in [[Brest Region]], [[Belarus]].<ref name="pop"/> It serves as the administrative center of [[Pruzhany District]].<ref name="pop"/> The town is located at the confluence of the [[Mukha River]] and the [[Vets Canal]], where the [[Mukhavets]] River rises. As of 2024, it has a population of 18,994.<ref name="pop"/>
==History==
Pruzhany has been known as [[Dabuchyn]] since 1487. In the 16th century, it belonged to queen [[Bona Sforza]] of Poland. She brought [[Renaissance]] influence and development of trades in this part of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. In 1589, her daughter Anna granted a [[town charter]] and the coat of arms of Pruzhany (a blue snake swallowing a baby on a silver shield). The coat of arms was borrowed from that of the Sforza family of [[Milan]]. Pruzhany was a center of pottery trade at those times. In the mid-19th century, a wealthy Polish landlord, Walenty Szwykowski, laid out a park and built a pretentious palace that houses a [[Pruzhany Palace|museum]] today, after a restoration. The museum has a rich collection on the history and arts of the region. Another tourist attraction is the landmark at the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal. It presents a statue of a passionate pair rising over waves. The Catholic [[Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pruzhany|Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] was consecrated in 1884.
The Jewish population in 1900 was 5,080.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~shtetm~-1948472 |title=JewishGen.org |access-date=2010-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229194550/http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~shtetm~-1948472 |archive-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During [[World War II]], Pruzhany was occupied by the Germans from [[Operation Barbarossa|26 June 1941]] to [[Lublin-Brest Offensive|17 July 1944]]. In 1941, the [[Nazi]]s herded the [[History of the Jews in Belarus|Jews]] of [[Białystok]] and the vicinity here to create a [[Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe|ghetto]].<ref>''Encyclopedia of the Ghettos during the Holocaust'', ed. Guy Miro, vol. II, p. 615. Jerusalem: [[Yad Vashem]] (2009)</ref> In ''Aktion'' roundups on 28-31 January 1943, the Nazis deported 10,000 Jews of the Pruzhany ghetto to [[Auschwitz]], via [[Auschwitz II|Birkenau]], where the men, women and children were murdered.<ref>[http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_cm.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005170&MediaId=1583 Holocaust Encyclopedia (accessed 21 September 07)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622080851/http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_cm.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005170&MediaId=1583 |date=2007-06-22 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/StaticPages/421.html The Holocaust Chronicle (accessed 21 September 07)]</ref><ref>[https://www.mun.ca/2006report/honour/graduates/riteman.php Dr. Philip Riteman biography, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada (accessed 21 September 07)]</ref><ref>[http://www3.sympatico.ca/mighty1/valor/aida2.htm Women of Valor: Partisans and Resistance Fighters (accessed 21 September 07)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823044613/http://www4.sympatico.ca/mighty1/valor/aida2.htm |date=2006-08-23 }}</ref>
In 2003, the central part of the town was reconstructed to prepare the town for the national harvest festival “[[Dożynki|Dažynki]]” in autumn 2003.
Pruzhany is the birthplace of [[Joseph B. Soloveitchik]], the Torah scholar and Jewish leader. Also, the American actor [[Mandy Patinkin]] descends from ancestors from Pruzhany (as well as the nearby [[shtetl]] of [[Drahichyn]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/on-broadway|title = On Broadway|website = [[PBS]]}}</ref>
[[Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič]], a prominent figure of the [[Belarusian diaspora]], was born in Pruzhany in 1919.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Раіса Жук-Грышкевіч|trans-title=Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič|url=https://www.radabnr.org/rajisa-zuk-hryskievic/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі / [[Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic]]|date=4 February 2017 |language=be}}</ref>
The former [[Pruzhany (air base)]] is nearby.
==Climate==
{{Weather box
| width       = auto
| collapsed   = yes
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| location    = Pruzhany (1991–2020)
| Jan record high C = 5.9
| Feb record high C = 8.2
| Mar record high C = 15.3
| Apr record high C = 23.2
| May record high C = 27.3
| Jun record high C = 30.2
| Jul record high C = 31.8
| Aug record high C = 31.7
| Sep record high C = 26.7
| Oct record high C = 20.7
| Nov record high C = 13.4
| Dec record high C = 7.2
| year record high C = 31.8
| Jan high C = -0.7
| Feb high C = 0.7
| Mar high C = 6.1
| Apr high C = 13.8
| May high C = 19.5
| Jun high C = 22.9
| Jul high C = 25.1
| Aug high C = 24.6
| Sep high C = 18.7
| Oct high C = 11.9
| Nov high C = 5.2
| Dec high C = 0.7
| year high C = 12.4
| Jan mean C = -3.1
| Feb mean C = -2.2
| Mar mean C = 1.8
| Apr mean C = 8.4
| May mean C = 13.8
| Jun mean C = 17.2
| Jul mean C = 19.3
| Aug mean C = 18.5
| Sep mean C = 13.2
| Oct mean C = 7.7
| Nov mean C = 2.7
| Dec mean C = -1.5
| year mean C = 8.0
| Jan low C = -5.7
| Feb low C = -5.2
| Mar low C = -2.0
| Apr low C = 3.0
| May low C = 7.7
| Jun low C = 11.1
| Jul low C = 13.3
| Aug low C = 12.5
| Sep low C = 8.3
| Oct low C = 3.9
| Nov low C = 0.2
| Dec low C = -3.9
| year low C = 3.6
| Jan record low C = -19.0
| Feb record low C = -16.7
| Mar record low C = -10.5
| Apr record low C = -3.5
| May record low C = 0.7
| Jun record low C = 4.9
| Jul record low C = 7.9
| Aug record low C = 6.2
| Sep record low C = 0.8
| Oct record low C = -3.9
| Nov record low C = -8.3
| Dec record low C = -14.6
| year record low C = -19.0
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 34.6
| Feb precipitation mm = 31.9
| Mar precipitation mm = 33.4
| Apr precipitation mm = 36.8
| May precipitation mm = 62.0
| Jun precipitation mm = 61.9
| Jul precipitation mm = 87.4
| Aug precipitation mm = 59.2
| Sep precipitation mm = 56.7
| Oct precipitation mm = 42.3
| Nov precipitation mm = 38.2
| Dec precipitation mm = 38.4
| year precipitation mm = 582.8
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 9.2
| Feb precipitation days = 8.7
| Mar precipitation days = 8.3
| Apr precipitation days = 7.5
| May precipitation days = 9.3
| Jun precipitation days = 9.1
| Jul precipitation days = 9.8
| Aug precipitation days = 7.3
| Sep precipitation days = 7.8
| Oct precipitation days = 8.1
| Nov precipitation days = 9.0
| Dec precipitation days = 9.4
| year precipitation days = 103.5
| source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Belarus/CSV/PRYZHANY_26929.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Pruzhany
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 12, 2024}}</ref>
}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Pruzhany river.jpg|One of the tourist attractions in today's Pruzhany is the landmark at the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[Bielyja Lauki]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Pružany|Pruzhany}}
* [http://radzima.org/eng/town/pruzhany.html Photos on Radzima.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100823003904/http://ensmp.net/literacy/okinczyc.html Biography of Alexandre Okinczyc]
* {{JewishGen-LocalityPage|1948472|Pruzhany, Belarus}}
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