Svislach (Belarusian: Свíслач, Сьвíслач, Śvísłač, pronounced [ˈsʲvʲisɫatʂ] ( listen)) or Svisloch (Russian: Сви́слочь) is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of the Biarezina river. It is 327 km in length. The name is derived from the root -visl- 'flowing,' of Indo-European origin (compare the Vistula River).

Svislach flows through Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

Coordinates: 53°54′39″N 27°33′14″E / 53.91083°N 27.55389°E / 53.91083; 27.55389

Svislach (Belarusian: Свiслач, pronounced [ˈɕvislatʃ] ( listen); Russian: Свислочь, Svisloch, Polish: Świsłocz, Yiddish: Sislevich) is a town in the South-West of Hrodna voblast, Belarus, an administrative center of the Svislach district.

It is connected with Vaŭkavysk by a railroad branch and with Hrodna by a highway. International phone number prefix: 375-15-13.

Notable residents include:

Coordinates: 53°02′N 24°06′E / 53.033°N 24.1°E / 53.033; 24.1

Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

A former U.S. Marine who had briefly (October 1959 – June 1962) defected to the Soviet Union, Oswald was initially arrested for the murder of police officer J. D. Tippit, on a Dallas street approximately 40 minutes after Kennedy was shot. Suspected in the assassination of Kennedy as well, Oswald denied involvement in either of the killings. Two days later, while being transferred from police headquarters to the county jail, Oswald was shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack Ruby in full view of television cameras broadcasting live.

In 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald acted alone in assassinating Kennedy, firing three shots, a conclusion also reached by prior investigations carried out by the FBI and Dallas Police Department. In 1979, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that Oswald fired the shots which killed Kennedy, but differed from previous investigations in concluding he 'probably' did not act alone. The evidence used to form this conclusion has since been disputed.