[3] In September 1941, a ghetto surrounded with barbed wire was created in the west part of the village of Lyuban, near Pervomayiskayia Street.

On November 8, 1941, 50 Jewish men were shot, as a reprisal action after a partisan attack.

[4] Lyuban is located 139 kilometres (86 mi) south of Minsk, not too far from the borders with the regions of Mogilev and Gomel.

The Lyuban Lake is situated north of the town and the mining area of Kaliy is located to the west, close to the Salihorsk suburbs.

It is not served by railways but the nearest station, in Ureche, is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the center of Lyuban.