Rasony (; ) is an urban-type settlement in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is located north of Polotsk, and serves as the administrative center of Rasony District. In 2016, its population was 4,946. As of 2024, it has a population of 4,518.
History.
At the 1939 Soviet census, Rasony had a Jewish population of 49 people. During World War II, it was under German military occupation from 15 July 1941 until the summer of 1944. The Soviet Extraordinary State Commission estimated in 1945 that there were 488 inmates of the local ghetto, and many of them died before the ghetto was liquidated by the Germans.
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