Beaver

/ Description

The first mention of the beaver dates back to 1516. The property of the Khodkevichi, Pats, Sapieha, Oginsky clans. Since 1762, the city has received Magdeburg rights. The church, churches and three synagogues of the village were destroyed by time and people. Ancient Jewish cemeteries, founded around the middle of the 17th century, have been preserved. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Jews made up about 80% of the total number of residents of the former town. Today, about six hundred tombstones have been preserved. In 1995, through the efforts of the residents of the settlement, an iron fence was installed around the cemetery.