Chervyen

Chervyen Чэрвень / Червень
St. Nicholas' Church
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Chervyen Location of Chervyen in Belarus
Coordinates: 53°42′28″N 28°25′56″E / 53.70778°N 28.43222°E / 53.70778; 28.43222Coordinates: 53°42′28″N 28°25′56″E / 53.70778°N 28.43222°E / 53.70778; 28.43222
Country	Belarus
Voblast	Minsk
Raion	Chervyen
Founded	1387
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population (2016)
• Total	9,718
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	223232
Area code(s)	+375 1714
License plate	5
Website	Official website

Červień or Chervyen’ (Belarusian: Чэрвень, [ˈtʂɛrvʲenʲ]; Ігумен – Igumen till 1923; Russian: Червень Cherven; Polish: Czerwień; Yiddish: Humen‎, Lithuanian: Červenė), alo spelled Cherven, is a Belarusian town in Minsk Voblast. It is the administrative seat of the Chervyen Raion and, in 2016, had a population of 9,718.

On February 1, 1942 the German forces and local policemen surrounded the Cherven ghetto. At the same time, other Jews living outside the ghetto walls, such as in the local hospital, were gathered together. They were ordered to undress to their undergarments and lie on the ground, where they were shot dead. Witnesses put the number of victims at between 1,500-1,750 people. The murder operation was carried out by the Einsatzkommando 8 unit of Einsatzgruppe B, with the help of local policeman.

On 26 June 1941, the Soviet NKVD mass-executed prisoners from Minsk in the nearby Tsagelnya forest. Wooden statue Mourning Ange, by sculptor Gennady Matusevich, was erected at the location. Commemorative events are held there every year in June.

Located 66 km east of Minsk and 45 km west of Berezino, Chervyen lies on a plain in the middle of its raion. It is crossed to the north by the M4 highway Minsk-Mogilev. The national road P59 links it with the town of Smalyavichy (50 km north) and the Minsk National Airport (65 km north).