Alternate names: Piedruja [Latv], Fridroisk [Yid], Pridruiska and Придруйск [Rus], Pridruisk, Piyedruya, Piedrujas, Daugaviyeshi, Daugavieši. 55°48' N, 27°27' E , 36 miles E of Daugavpils (Dvinsk), on the Belarusian border. Jewish population: 561 (1897), 145 (1935).

• Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 987: "Piedruja".
• Pinkas HaKehilot, Latvia and Estonia (1988), p. 203: "Piedruja"
• JewishGen Latvia SIG

CEMETERY: See burial list All Latvia Cemetery List [March 2009] See burial list. [January 2011]