SOKOLSKY UEZD INFORMATION:
including Babiki, Bagnovskaya, Chernaya-Ves,
Chernovskaya, Dembov, Dombrov/a, Domuraty, Grebenevskaya, Kamenskaya, Krachoctok,
Koricin/Koritzin, Kruglandskaya, Kuznita/ Kuznica, Lozovo, Makovlanskaya,
Novovola, Novovolskaya, Novy Dvor, Novy-Ostrov, Odelsk, Ostrogora, Ostrogorskaya,
Ostrovskaya, Romanovskaya, Sidra, Sokolka, Sucholya, Trofimovka, Trofimovskaya,
Vasilkov, Yalovka, Yanov, Yanovschizna, Zubrickaya
LINK TO YIZKOR SIG translation of: Sokolka yizkor necrology
Sokolsky Uezd Population by Religion
in 1887
| Religion | Sokolka | Odelsk | Kuznitsza | Novidvor | Dombrova | Suchovolya | Yanov | Koritsin | Vasilkov | Sokolski uezd | ||||||||||||||||||||
| men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | |||||||||||
| Orthodox | 801 | 232 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 318 | 3 | 368 | 7 | 2 | 206 | 215 | 8912 | 8865 | |||||||||||||
| Catholic | 945 | 758 | 579 | 604 | 255 | 216 | 450 | 490 | 189 | 142 | 669 | 558 | 339 | 351 | 127 | 131 | 703 | 689 | 30472 | 30133 | ||||||||||
| Protestant | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jewish | 911 | 840 | 94 | 84 | 369 | 365 | 431 | 479 | 727 | 725 | 1069 | 984 | 1176 | 1242 | 250 | 260 | 528 | 540 | 1125 | 1149 | ||||||||||
| Moslem | 9 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 173 | 178 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2675 | 1840 | 680 | 692 | 636 | 588 | 900 | 985 | 1251 | 886 | 2127 | 1560 | 1521 | 1598 | 377 | 391 | 1452 | 1457 | 40705 | 40345 | ||||||||||
1887 Sokolski Uezd Population by Class
| Title of the "Estates"<= /B> | Sokolka | Odelsk | Kuznitsa | Novy-Dvor | Dombrova | Suhovolua | Yanov | Koritsin | Vasilkov | Sokolski uezd | |||||||||||||||||||||
| men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | men | wom. | ||||||||||||
| Nobility | 1) hereditary | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 169 | 178 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2) personal | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clergy | 1) Orthodox "White" | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) Orthodox "Monkish" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2) Catholic "White" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2) Catholic "Monkish" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5) Jewish | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6) Moslem | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Urban Estates | 1) Citizens (hereditary) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) Citizens (personal) | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2) Merchants | 22 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3) Middle-class | 1514 | 1627 | 626 | 657 | 509 | 532 | 850 | 960 | 818 | 848 | 1592 | 1530 | 1466 | 1570 | 346 | 365 | 1339 | 1340 | 1193 | 1221 | |||||||||||
| 4) | 152 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rural Estates | 1) State peasants | 31 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 31369 | 32626 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2) Settlers | 3 | 7 | 171 | 165 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3) Peasants-proprietors | 4168 | 4421 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4) town peasants | 6 | 7 | 22 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5) Free people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military Estates | 1) regular troops | 735 | 25 | 70 | 342 | 454 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2) irregular troops | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3) | 74 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 32 | 18 | 58 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 30 | 1719 | 475 | |||||||||||||
| 4) retired lower ranks | 83 | 61 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 1359 | 752 | ||||||||||||
| 5) soldiers' children | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 479 | 438 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign | VI. Foreign Subjects | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| VII. People who do not belong above<= /TD> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 2675 | 1840 | 680 | 692 | 636 | 588 | 900 | 985 | 1252 | 886 | 2127 | 1560 | 1521 | 1598 | 377 | 391 | 1452 | 1457 | 40715 | 40345 | |||||||||||
Sokolsky uezd, Grodno gubernia fairs in 1887
Suchovola: 1-Jan, 2-Feb, 25-Mar, Palm Sunday, 29-Jun, 25-Sep, 8-Dec
Yanov: 6-Jan, 23-Feb, 4-Mar, 10-Mar, 23-Apr, Ascension Day, Orthodox Chur= ch Reunification,
28-Oct Day, 11-Nov, 30-Nov, 21-Dec
Dembov: 30-Jan, 1st Thurs. of Lent, 10-Aug, Sep 17, 22 Nov
Sokolka town and Sokolski uezd Livestock in 1884:
Horses: 191/17224
Catttle: 534/34447
Sheep, simple: 753/47752
Sheep with thin fleece:
Pigs: 359/26848
Goats: 27/39
Donkeys/mules:
Total livestock in Sokolka: 1,864
Total livestock in Sokolski uezd: 127,464
Type of building in Sokolka town in 1887, stone/wood"
Habitations =96 public: 4/2
- church/monastery: 2/3
- social:
- private: 15/545
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop: 0/9
Private store: 3/74
Social store:
Theater: -
Total: 24/633
Type of building in Dombrova, Sokolsk: stone/wood
Habitations =96 public:
- church/monastery: /1
- social:
- private: 5/261
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop: /1
Private store:
Social store: /24
Theater:
Total: 5/287
Type of building in Koritzin, Sokolsk: stone/wood
Habitations =96 public:
- church/monastery: /2
- social: /1
- private: /116
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop:
social store:
private store: /4
Theater:
Total: 123
Type of building in Kuznita, Sokolsk in 1887 stone/wood:
Habitations =96 public: /1
- church/monastery: /3
- social: -
- private: 5/172
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop:
Private store: 2/12
Social store:
Theater:
Total: 7/188
Type of building in Novy Dvor, Sokolsk in 1887 stone/wood:
Habitations =96 public:
- church/monastery: /3
- social: -
- private: 1/216
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop:
Private store: 0/6
Social store:
Theater:
Total: 1/225
Type of building in Odelsk, Sokolsk in 1887: stone/wood
Habitations =96 public:
- church/monastery:
- social: 0/2
- private: 0/259
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop:
Private store: 0/4
Social store:
Theater:
Total: 0/265
Type of building in Sucholya, Sokolsk: stone/wood
Habitations =96 public:
- church/monastery: /3
- social: /1
- private: 5/460
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop:
Private store: 2/38
Social store:
Theater:
Total: 7/502
Type of building in Vasilkov, Sokolsk: stone/wood
Habitations =96public:
- church/monastery: /3
- social: /1
- private: 1/419
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop:
Social store:
Private store: /8
Theater:
Total: 1/431
Type of building in Yanov, Sokolsk: stone/wood
Habitations =96 public:
- church/monastery: /3
- social: /1
- private: 4/292
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop: /6
Private store: /32
Social store:
Theater:
Total: 4/334
SOKOLKA UEZD 1887 Statistics for these
zashtatnye cities, places, and = posady
| Name of Settlement | 1887 Population | Distance from Gubernia city= | Distance from district city= | Lat/ | Long | Postal Address (P.S) | ||||
| Sokolka d.c. | 4515 | 36 | 53 | 26 | 41 | 13 | Sokolka | |||
| Vasilikov z.c. | 2909 | 66 | 29.25 | 53 | 8 | 41 | 21 | Belostok | ||
| Dombrova z.c. | 2137 | 35 | 28 | 53 | 39 | 41 | 31 | Sidra | ||
| Koricin z.c. | 768 | 66 | 30 | 53 | 26 | 41 | 15 | Sokolka | ||
| Kuznica z.c. | 1224 | 21 | 15 | 53 | 31 | 41 | 48 | Sokolka | ||
| Novy-Dvor z.c. | 1885 | 24 | 28 | 53 | 38 | 41 | 42 | Sidra | ||
| Suhovoya z.c. | 3633 | 50 | 35 | 53 | 35 | 41 | 16 | Sokolka | ||
| Yalovka P | 1157 | 82 | 41 | 53 | 33 | 42 | 4 | Svisloch | ||
| Yanov z.c. | 3119 | 45 | 21 | 53 | 27 | 41 | 23 | Sokolka | ||
| Odelsk z.c. | 1372 | 35 | 16 | 53 | 24 | 41 | 55 | Sokolka | ||
| Sidra p | 662 | 28 | 16 | 53 | 33 | 41 | 37 | Sidra | ||
Sokolka 1887 camps (colony?) and Volosts with postal addresses
(volost=smallest administrative/territorial unit of pre-Revolutionary Tsarist Russia;
Guberniya=Basic administrative/territorial unit of pre-Revolutionary Russia
1 desyatina 1.0925 hektar; 1 hectar
= 10,000 square meters
| Camp | Designation | Name of district camps | name
of places: camp flats & volosts govern-
ment |
Post Address | Distance from camp flat | Distance from district city | Distance from gubernia city | ||
| 1st Camp | 1st Camp | city: Kuznica | city: Kuznica | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 1st Camp | Volost | Kruglandskaya | city: Kuznica | city: Kuznica | 15 | 21 | |||
| 1st Camp | Volost | Makovlanskaya | place: Sidra | place: Sidra | 14 | 16 | 28 | ||
| 1st Camp | Volost | Grebenevskaya | city: Novy-Dvor | place: Sidra | 16 | 28 | 24 | ||
| 1st Camp | Volost | Zubrickaya | village: Babiki | city: Sokolka | 50 | 14 | 40 | ||
| 2nd camp | city: Suhovolya | city: Sokolka | city: Sokolka | 35 | 50 | ||||
| 2nd camp | Volost | Bagnovskaya | village: Domuraty | place: Sidra | 10 | 40 | 47 | ||
| 2nd camp | Volost | Trofimovskaya | village: Trofimovka | city: Sokolka | 12 | 23 | 45 | ||
| 2nd camp | Volost | Novovolskaya | village: Novovola | city: Sokolka | 24 | 12 | 40 | ||
| 2nd camp | Volost | Romanovskaya | village: Lozovo | place: Sidra | 20 | 25 | 34 | ||
| 2nd camp | Volost | Kamenskaya | village: Krachoctok | place: Sidra | 22 | 27 | 32 | ||
| 3rd camp | 3rd camp | city: Vasilikov | city: Belostok | 29.5 | 66 | ||||
| 3rd camp | Volost | Chernovskaya | village: Chernaya-Ves | city: Sokolka | 13 | 18 | 58 | ||
| 3rd camp | Volost | Ostrovskaya | village: Novy-Ostrov | city: Sokolka | 32 | 22 | 56 | ||
| 3rd camp | Volost | Kameskovskaya | village: Yanovschizna | city: Sokolka | 24 | 10 | 50 | ||
| 3rd camp | Volost | Ostrogorskaya | village: Ostrogora | city: Sokolka | 23 | 22 | 52 | ||
Sokulka Uezd 1887 Surnames and Occupations
| TOWN | OCCUPATION | SURNAME | First Name | Pharmacy Number |
| Sokulka | physician | Landau | Lev Yakovlevich | |
| Sokulka | physician | Lazarbek | Anastasia Grigorjevna | |
| Sokulka | physician | Pukshta | Edmund Pavlovich | |
| Sokulka | pharmacy owner | Dudkevich | #12 | |
| Sohovolya | pharmacy owner | Leva | #14 | |
| Dombrov | pharmacy owner | Slavyanski | #13 | |
| Yanovo | pharmacy owner | Zhukovski | Petr | #15 |
Sokolski uezd towns:
Dombrova (Dubrova, Dombrovits Dabrowica,
Dubrovitsa):
Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew
Encyclopedias of Lithuania): 1974.
1858 Rabbi: Menachem Mendel of Dubrova worked on improved regional health care with Eliezer Landau of Grodno and others [see Eliahu Margolis of Vishaya article].
1921: in Polesie province, 50 mi SE of
Pinsk on Goryn R. Railway junction.
Industry: Tanning, vegetables, four,
sawmills. Jewish community dated from 16th century. Jewish population:
1766-404; 1847-1,910; 1897-2,868 (48%; 1921: 2,536. [Source: Kugelmass,
Jack and Boyarin, Jonathan. From a Ruined Garden, p. 266-see 25-29]
Kuznitz (Kuznica).
Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias
of Lithuania) 7437
Sidra (Shidra):
1890 rabbi: Moshe Gershon Movshovitz
(b. Dubrova, 1855-?).
see Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Wooden Synagogues, 1959.
Sokolka (Bialastotzki):
Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania): 5649 .
1901 Hamelitz reports greetings and donation by Hakov Sholdshtein and Meir Bobrik.
see Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Wooden Synagogues, 1959.
Yizkor: Sefer Sokolka, 1968. EJ article
Svisloch (Svislotch, Svislovitz, Svislevich):
Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania) 5687.
yizkor: Kehilet Svisloch Pelech Grodno, 1961.
birthplace of Oxford University Hebrew manuscripts scholar Hirsch ben Mordechai Edelman (1805-1858) and of Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1892-?), immigrated to US 1940 (son of Shneur Zalman Pines, the former rabbi of Svisloch.)
According to Chester G. Cohen's
Shtetl
Finder Gazatteer, p. 100: "Like any shtetl, wrote Abraham Ain,
Sislevitch had its nickname. It was "Sislevitcher Krupnik," so called for
the thick soup of barley and potatoes which was daily fare for the Jews.
It could be prepared as either a meat or a dairy dish and dressed up according
to the family's ability to buy extra ingredients. Potatoes were so much
in the diet of the region, for everyone, that the Russian called the entire
province "Grodno Potato." (Yivo Bleter, 1944.)