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Alternate names: Derevna [Bel], Derewna [Pol], Derevne [Yid], Derevnaya [Rus], Dzieraŭnoje, Derewno, Derevna (near Volozhin), Belarusian: Дзераўное. Russian: Деревная. Yiddish: דערעוונע. 43 miles WSW of Minsk, 16 miles NW of Stowbtsy (Stołpce), 12 miles W of Rubezhevichi. 53°42' N, 26°34' E. 1900 Jewish population was 350. Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), II, p. 7: "Derewno". YIZKOR: Sefer Rubizhevitsh, Derevne ve-ha-seviva (Tel Aviv, 1968) and Sefer zikaron; Steibts-Sverzhnye ve-ha-ayarot ha-semukhot Rubezevits, Derevno, Nalibok (Tel Aviv, 1964)

      • Cemetery: photos. [February 2010]