Sinyawka

Sinyawka is an agrotown in Klyetsk District, Minsk Region, in south-central Belarus. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Baranavichy. In 2001, it had a population of 1,728. The settlement is known from the 15th century as a part of the Kletsk principality. It was later a possession of the Hlebowicz and Radziwiłł noble families, administratively located in the Nowogródek County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was located at the intersection of the Brześć–Moscow and Nieśwież–Pinsk routes. During the Polish–Soviet War, the town and train station were captured by the Polish 13th Wilno Uhlan Regiment on 14 March 1919. In the interbellum, Siniawka was divided into a town and village, both under the same name, administratively located in the Nieśwież County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 Polish census, the population of the town and village combined was 50.7% Polish, 38.9% Jewish and 10.3% Belarusian. Following the invasion of Poland at the start of World War II in September 1939, it was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944.