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ZELVA/VELKA VES 53º42 24º48


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Ellen Sadove Renck

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Documentary Research: Judy Baston
Updated: September 2020
compiled by Ellen Sadove Renck from the sources below

ZELVA/ZELWA/BOLSHOYE SELO /VELKAVES  - its coordinates place it just south and west of Vasilishki, near the modern little village of Gumofel'. It may not be inhabited today.

The Zelva known today as Velkaves is at the above latitude & longitude. There is another, larger, Zelva south of it. It is irrelevant that this larger Zelva is west of Slonim, but it sure will help you find it on a map. It also shares the alternate names, just to make life interesting.

There is also a Zelva in Lithuania. 



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