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Alternate names: Surazh [Rus, Yid], Surazh-Vitebskiy, Suraž [Bel], Suraż [Pol], Surazhi, Russian/Belarusian: Сураж. 55°25' N, 30°43' E, in NE Belarus, 25 miles NE of Vitsyebsk (Vitebsk), 164.2 miles NE of Minsk, in Vitebsk uezd, Vitebsk guberniya near the Russian border.  [Not Suraż, Poland (Grodno gubernia, near Białystok) or Surazh, Russia (Chernigov gubernia, now in Oriol district).] 1900 Jewish population: 1,246. Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), XI, pp. 594-595: "Suraż" #2.

 

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