Alternate names: Ivanava [Bel], Ivanovo [Rus], Janów [Pol], Yanov [Yid], Yanov Polski [Yid], Ivanovas [Lith], Janów Poleski [Pol], Janow Polesie, Janow Polski, Janaŭ Paleski, Janow near Pinsk, Iwanowo, Yanu, Russian: Иваново, Янов. Polish: Janów Poleski. Belarusian: Іванава, Янаў. Hebrew: יאנוב על-יד .פינסק. Located at 5209 2532 in Brest Oblast, 147.4 miles SW of Minsk, 50 miles E of Kobryn, 22 miles W of Pinsk, 16 miles E of Drahichin (Drogichin). 1900 Jewish population: 1,875. Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), III, p. 422: "Janów" #2. Yizkor: Janow al yad Pinsk; sefer zikaron (Jerusalem, 1969).
Memorial to Yanov/Ivanovo partisans photo [March 2009]