White Russia
Rabbi Abovitz was Av Beit Din and "Rav" in Telatycze, White Russia and then Lubiezh (Lubcza, modern Lubcha). The latter was destroyed during the early days of the First World War, and he then relocated to German held Navahrudak, where he headed the "Bet Yosef" Yeshiva; see Novardok Yeshiva. The "Rav" there was Meyer Meyerovitz.