Radun. Yeshiva.

After the annexation of our lands to the Russian Empire, Jews were forbidden to settle in rural areas and own land. And Belarusian Jews began to sell their property in villages en masse and move to cities and towns.

In the town of Radun, half of the population in the 19th century were Jews and there were several synagogues and houses of worship. The stone building of the Yeshiva has been preserved to our time. At the beginning of the 19th century, Radun had a synagogue and a beit midrash, or hall, which is adapted for the study of the Torah.

In 1869, a local Yeshiva was founded. This educational institution was headed by Rabbi Yisrael Meer Cohen, who was known as "Hafetz Chaim". Yisrael Meyer Cohen Pupko (1838-1933) Halakhic scholar, moralist and renowned rabbi. One of the most famous Jewish spiritual leaders in Russia and Poland. He was buried in Raduni, and his grave is a place of pilgrimage. There were 200 students in the Yeshiva, including 12 famous rabbis who graduated from it.

After the reunification of Belarus in 1939 and with the advent of Soviet power in Radun, the Yeshiva and the school were closed. During the Nazi occupation, a local ghetto was created, which was destroyed in May 1942 - about 1,100 people died.

In the 1990s, the local Jewish cemetery and the grave of Hafetz Chaim were landscaped.

The Yeshiva building is in good condition, and there are even Hebrew inscriptions on it.