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Pruzhany Пружаны | |
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 Pruzhany Palace | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Pruzhany | |
| Coordinates:52°33′24″N24°27′52″E / 52.55667°N 24.46444°E /52.55667; 24.46444 | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| District | Pruzhany District |
| Mentioned | 1487 |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 18,824 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 225133 |
| Area code | +375 1632 |
| License plate | 1 |
Pruzhany[a] is atown inBrest Region,Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center ofPruzhany District.[1] The town is located at the confluence of theMukha River and theVets Canal, where theMukhavets River rises. As of 2025, it has a population of 18,824.[1]
Pruzhany has been known asDabuchyn since 1487. In the 16th century, it belonged to queenBona Sforza of Poland. She broughtRenaissance influence and development of trades in this part of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1589, her daughter Anna granted atown 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 ofMilan. 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 amuseum 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 CatholicChurch of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was consecrated in 1884.
The Jewish population in 1900 was 5,080.[2] DuringWorld War II, Pruzhany was occupied by the Germans from26 June 1941 to17 July 1944. In 1941, theNazis herded theJews ofBiałystok and the vicinity here to create aghetto.[3] InAktion roundups on 28-31 January 1943, the Nazis deported 10,000 Jews of the Pruzhany ghetto toAuschwitz, viaBirkenau, where the men, women and children were murdered.[4][5][6][7]
In 2003, the central part of the town was reconstructed to prepare the town for the national harvest festival “Dažynki” in autumn 2003.
Pruzhany is the birthplace ofJoseph B. Soloveitchik, the Torah scholar and Jewish leader. Also, the American actorMandy Patinkin descends from ancestors from Pruzhany (as well as the nearbyshtetl ofDrahichyn).[8]
Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič, a prominent figure of theBelarusian diaspora, was born in Pruzhany in 1919.[9]
The formerPruzhany (air base) is nearby.
| Climate data for Pruzhany (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 8.2 (46.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 27.3 (81.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.7 (89.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 7.2 (45.0) | 31.8 (89.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) | 0.7 (33.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.6 (76.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 5.2 (41.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 12.4 (54.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −2.2 (28.0) | 1.8 (35.2) | 8.4 (47.1) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 7.7 (45.9) | 2.7 (36.9) | −1.5 (29.3) | 8.0 (46.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) | −5.2 (22.6) | −2.0 (28.4) | 3.0 (37.4) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8.3 (46.9) | 3.9 (39.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | −3.9 (25.0) | 3.6 (38.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) | −16.7 (1.9) | −10.5 (13.1) | −3.5 (25.7) | 0.7 (33.3) | 4.9 (40.8) | 7.9 (46.2) | 6.2 (43.2) | 0.8 (33.4) | −3.9 (25.0) | −8.3 (17.1) | −14.6 (5.7) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 34.6 (1.36) | 31.9 (1.26) | 33.4 (1.31) | 36.8 (1.45) | 62.0 (2.44) | 61.9 (2.44) | 87.4 (3.44) | 59.2 (2.33) | 56.7 (2.23) | 42.3 (1.67) | 38.2 (1.50) | 38.4 (1.51) | 582.8 (22.94) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 103.5 |
| Source:NOAA[10] | |||||||||||||
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