Ščadryn

Also known as Schedrin, Shedrin, Shchedrin

Shchadryn or Shchedrin (; ; ) is an agrotown in Zhlobin District, Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Shchadryn selsoviet.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Shchadryn
Settlement.other_name: Shchedrin
Settlement.settlement_type: Agrotown
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1846
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gomel Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Zhlobin District
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus

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History
During the Holocaust
Notable people
References
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Shchadryn or Shchedrin (; ; ) is an agrotown in Zhlobin District, Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Shchadryn selsoviet.

Before the Holocaust, the settlement functioned as a shtetl and was home to members of the Chabad-Lubavitch sect of Hasidic Judaism.