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Alternate names: Byenyakoni [Bel], Bieniakonie [Pol], Benyakoni [Rus], Benakani [Yid], Benyakone, Benjakoni, Bieniakoni, Beniakainys. Belarusian: Беняконі. Russian: Бенякони. 54°15' N, 25°22' E, 25 miles N of Lida, 30 miles S of Vilnius (Vilna), on the Lithuanian border. Yizkor: Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 4: "Benakani".Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), I, p. 218: "Bieniakonie".

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Photos courtesy Jewish Heritage Research Group in Belarus (July 2015)