Lipyen

Lipyen or Lipen (Belarusian: Ліпень, romanized: Lipień;[2] Russian: Липень) is an agrotown in Asipovichy District, Mogilev Region, Belarus.

[1] It serves as the administrative center of Lipyen selsoviet.

[1] According to the 1926 Soviet census, there were 441 Jews living in Lipyen.

[3] During World War II, it was under German military occupation from early July 1941 until June 1944.

[3] The ghetto was liquidated in October and the Germans shot more than 200 Jews near the Svislach River.