Seliba (Minsk region)

The agro-town is located near the border with the Mogilev region , 25 km south of the district center, the city of Berezino . Seliba stands on the small river Zhalinka (a tributary of the Berezina ), Berezina itself flows two kilometers to the west. The agro-town is connected by local roads with the surrounding settlements. The nearest railway station is Grodzianka (20 km to the south-west).

The village has been known since 1858 ^[2] ; it belonged to the Igumen district of the Minsk province . At the end of the XIX century had a significant Jewish population. In 1917, the village had 75 yards, 459 residents and a post office. In 1936, a club with 300 seats was opened in the building of the former synagogue.

During the Great Patriotic War, Bogushevichi was under German occupation from July 1941 to July 1944. Most of the Jewish population of the village was killed in the Bogushevichi ghetto (see the Holocaust in the Berezinsky district (Minsk region) ). Fragments of a Jewish cemetery were preserved in Selib ^[3] .

• Orthodox church of st. George. Built in 2010
• Remains of a Jewish cemetery with gravestones
• The ruins of the mill of the late XIX - early XX century were demolished in the XXI century ^[3]

• Enceclapedia gistory Belarus . At 6 tons of Kadety - Lyashchen / Belarus. Encekl .; Redkal: G.P. Pashkoў (red halons) і іnsh .; Mast. E.E. Zhakevich. - Мn .: BelEn. ISBN 985-11-0041-2

• Seliba on the website globus.tut.by
• Seliba at radzima.org