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Nathan Shechtman's Timeline
1896 |
November 17, 1896
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Slovechne, Ovruts'kyi district, Zhytomyrs'ka oblast, Ukraine
There is some doubt about the year of birth of Nathan Shechtman.
Nathan's 1926 petition for a certificate of naturalization identifies his place of birth as Slovezhne, Volhynia, Russia (although it is hard to read, despite being typed). Volhynia is a region of central/eastern Europe that was part of the Russian Empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volhynia No towns matching Slovezhne were found on Google, but a search through the towns of Volhynia on JewsihGen.org found a likely match, now called Slovechno, in the district of Ovruch. It is in Ukraine, near the border of Belarus. The Romanized Ukrainian name is Slovechne. http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=557 |