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3 unusual facts about Radun


Radun

Raduń, Choszczno County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland)

Raduń Yeshiva

Raduń Yeshiva, originally located in Raduń, Poland (now Belarus), was established by Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan (known as the Chofetz Chaim after the title of his well-known sefer) in 1869.

Shimon Sholom Kalish

He was a major driving force behind the exodus of thousands of young men in Mir, Kletsk, Radin, Novhardok, and other yeshivas, via Russia and Japan to Shanghai at the outbreak of World War II.


Audha of the Maldives

Al-Sultan Muhammad Audha Kalaminjaa Siri Areedha Suvara Mahaa Radun (Dhivehi: އައްސުލްޠާން މުޙައްމަދު އައުދަ ކަލަމިންޖާ ސިރީ އަރީދަ ސުވަރަ މަހާރަދުން) was the son of Sultan Wadi Kalaminjaa.


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