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==Notable people== The Jewish family name [[Shklovsky (disambiguation)|Shklovsky]] or Shklover indicates that the person or their ancestors come from Shkloŭ. * [[Semyon Zorich]], Serbian-born Russian General who founded an estate in Shkloŭ (Shklov). * [[Yitzhak Salkinsohn]], born in Shklov * [[Joshua Zeitlin]], rabbinical scholar and philanthropist, born here * [[Yehoshua Leib Diskin]], rabbi in Shklov * [[Joseph Rosen|Rogatchover Gaon]], studied in Shklov under [[Yehoshua Leib Diskin|Yehoshua Leib]] * [[Pavel Axelrod]] (1850–1928), Russian [[Menshevik]] revolutionary * [[Zalman Shneur]] (1887–1959), Hebrew and Yiddish poet * [[Baruch Schick of Shklov]] (1744–1808) rabbi and scholar, Hebrew author and translator<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15921/15921-h/15921-h.htm/ ''The Haskalah Movement In Russia'' – Project Gutenberg]. Retrieved 9 August 2007.</ref> * [[Josef Gusikov]], [[klezmer]] musician, born in Shklov * [[Nahum Eitingon|Naum Eitingon]], general of the [[NKVD]] and murderer of [[Leon Trotsky]], born in Shklov * [[Yisroel ben Shmuel of Shklov]], rabbi, disciple of the [[Vilna Gaon]] * [[Moshe Feinstein]], rabbi, studied and lived in Shklov before emigrating to the United States to become the preeminent Torah sage and ''[[posek]]'' of his generation<ref>{{Cite book|last=Finkelman|first=Shimon|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/805391556|title=Reb Moshe : the life and ideals of haGaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein|year=2011|isbn=978-1-4226-1084-8|oclc=805391556}}</ref>
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