Ilya (Il'ya, or Ilja; Belarusian: І́лья, Russian: Илья́, Polish: Ilia, Lithuanian: Ilija) is a village in Belarus, near Minsk, first mentioned in historical records dating from the late 15th century. Between the end of World War I and 1939, it was part of Poland. It was a significant Jewish shtetl until 1942, when nearly all of its Jewish citizens were murdered in the town square.