Kosava, Belarus
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Kosava, also known as Kossovo, is a small town in the Ivatsevichy Raion
in the Brest Province of Belarus
, located at 52°45′N 25°09′E.
It is the birth place of Tadeusz Kościuszko
and Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz
. Nearby is the spectacular (but ruined) Kosava castle
, built by the Pusłowski family in 1830, and a replica of Tadeusz Kościuszko
's house in Mereczowszczyzna.
Ivatsevichy Raion
Ivatsevichy Raion is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Voblast, in Belarus....
in the Brest Province of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, located at 52°45′N 25°09′E.
It is the birth place of Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...
and Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz
Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, , popularly known by the name of his magnum opus Chazon Ish, was a Belarusian born Orthodox rabbi who became leader of Haredi Judaism in Israel, where his final 20 years, from 1933 to 1953, were spent.-Birth and Youth:Born in Kosava , Karelitz was sent as a youth to study...
. Nearby is the spectacular (but ruined) Kosava castle
Kosava castle
Kosava castle, is ruined castle located in Kosava, Belarus. It was built in 1830 by Puslowskis. Kosava is the birth place of Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko. The ruined castle is close to a replica of Tadeusz Kościuszko's house in Mereczowszczyzna....
, built by the Pusłowski family in 1830, and a replica of Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...
's house in Mereczowszczyzna.