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{{Short description|Town in Brest Region, Belarus}}
{{Distinguish|Stalin|Stolen (disambiguation){{!}}Stolen|Stollen}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name               = Stolin
|native_name        = {{native name|be|Столін}}<br/>{{native name|ru|Столи}}
|nickname           = 
|settlement_type    = [[List of cities and largest towns in Belarus|Town]]
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|image_flag         = Флаг Столина.jpg
|image_shield       = Coat of Arms of Stolin, Belarus.svg
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|pushpin_map=Belarus
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|subdivision_name   = [[Belarus]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Belarus|Region]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Brest Region]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Belarus|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Stolin District]]
|leader_title       = 
|leader_name        = 
|established_title  = First mentioned
|established_date   = 1555
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|population_as_of   = 2025
|population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/|title=Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329210112/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/|archive-date=29 March 2025|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref>
|population_total   = 14,034
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|timezone           = [[Moscow Time|MSK]]
|utc_offset         = +3
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|coordinates        = {{coord|51|53|N|26|51|E|region:BY_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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|postal_code_type   = Postal code
|postal_code        = 225501
|area_code          = +375 1655
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'''Stolin'''{{efn|{{langx|be|Столін}}; {{langx|ru|Столин}}; {{langx|uk|Столін, Столин}}; {{langx|pl|Stolin}}; {{langx|yi|סטולין}}.}} is a town in [[Brest Region]], [[Belarus]]. It serves as the administrative center of [[Stolin District]],<ref name="pop"/> the largest district in the region. Stolin is located {{convert|15|km|0|abbr=on}} from the [[Belarus–Ukraine border]]. As of 2025, it has a population of 14,034.<ref name="pop"/>

Stolin is a border city that hosts many Ukrainians on market days. [[Russian language|Russian]] is spoken commonly here, but villagers prefer [[West Polesian|their own dialects]] that are akin partly to the [[Belarusian language]], partly the [[Ukrainian language]].

==History==

Stolin is located at the heart of the [[Polesia]] region on the [[Horyn]] River, at the crossroads of two important routes, one leading northwards to [[Pinsk]], two others eastwards to [[Davyd-Haradok]] and [[Turov, Belarus|Turov]], that are now in [[Belarus]], southwards to [[Sarny]] and [[Kyiv]], that are now in [[Ukraine]].

Archaeological evidence suggests that the area which Stolin now occupies, was settled as far back as the 12th century AD. The first mention of Stolin dates to 1555. There are three stories regarding the origins of the name "Stolin". The first refers to a group of local fisherman who cast their fishing nets into a lake a pulled out 100 fish or Sto [100 in ''Russian''] "Leeni" [a type of local fish]. The second story refers to a ferry-boat which sunk in the river and required 100 men with 100 ropes to drag it out [100 lines in ''Russian'']. The third refers to twelve brothers who ruled over seven nearby cities and chose what became Stolin as their meeting place and capital city, hence the name may be a derivation of '''stol''' (table)> '''Stolny Gorod''' (capital city).<ref>[http://stolin.org/gorod] website of Stolin in Russian about its history</ref>

Stolin was occupied by the Germans from July 1941 to 1944. In August 1941, many Jewish refugees – especially women and children – from the nearby town of David-Gorodok came to Stolin. A ghetto was created in May 1942, surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. About 7,000 Jews lived in this small and unhealthy area, along the Bank River. The liquidation of the ghetto was conducted on September 11, 1942, by a squadron of German cavalry, the local police and the SD. The shooting took place near the airfield, in a large ditch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yahadmap.org/#village/stolin-brest-belarus.468|title = Yahad - in Unum}}</ref>

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Belarus}}

Stolin is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Homberg (Efze)|Homberg]], [[Germany]]

[[File:stolin emblem.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The memorial in the central square commemorates the first record about Stolin dated 1555. It features the coat of arms of the town]]
[[File:stolin war mem.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The war memorial of Stolin by the town's park]]

== See also ==
*[[Stolin (Hasidic dynasty)]]
*[[Pale of Settlement]]
*[[Holocaust]]/[[Shoah]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Stolin}}
* {{JewishGen-LocalityPage|1950196|Stolin, Belarus}}
* [https://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/tools/projects/mwa/index.html?-1950196 Stolin] at Belarus SIG
* [http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/5a6b1/523c7/ More info and pictures of Stolin]
* [http://www.radzima.org/eng/town/stolin.html Photos on Radzima.org]
* [http://yizkor.nypl.org/index.php?id=2057 Stolin Yizkor Book (New York Public Library) - A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Stolin, 1952 (Hebrew)]
* [http://region.brest-belarus.org/stolin/stol.htm Views of Stolin]

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[[Category:Belarus–Ukraine border crossings]]
[[Category:Populated places in Brest region]]
[[Category:Stolin district]]
[[Category:Pinsky Uyezd]]
[[Category:Holocaust locations in Belarus]]

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