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1900s Name: Berezhtsy
1900s District: Kremenets
1900s Province: Volhynia
1900s Country: Russian Empire

Modern: Velikiye Berezhtsy, Ukraine
Modern Ukrainian: Великі Бережци  listen town name in ukrainian
Modern Russian: Великие Бережцы  listen town name in russian

1930s: Berezce, Krzemieniec, Wołyń, Poland
1950s: Velikiye Berezhtsy, Soviet Union

Other names: Velikiye Berezhtsy [Rus], Velyki Berezhtsi [Ukr], Berezce [Pol], Bolshiye Berezhtsy, Velika Berezcy, Berezhtsy, Berezhtse

Coordinates:
50°06'N 25°37'E Mapquest Google Maps

Berezhtsy data on Kremenets KehilaLinks: The Kremenets District Research Group (KDRG) collects documents and datasets for towns of the Kremenets District, including Berezhtsy. See the Kremenets KehilaLinks website for documents and datasets available for Berezhtsy. See especially the searchable Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names, a master index of all information collected by KDRG. For more information, contact Ellen Garshick (KremenetsDRG@gmail.com).

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Document and Dataset Collections

NameTime frameView
Voter Lists, Kremenets Conference of City Voters, KDRG 262, 263, 2641906, 1907, 1912
Translation of

List of Persons Exercising the Right to Participate in Elections at the Kremenets Conference of City Voters, acc. to Articles 33 and 34 of the Statute on Elections to the State Duma, Volynskiia gubernskiia viedomosti [Volhynia provincial gazette], 1906, no. 12. KDRG 262.
List of Persons Exercising the Right to Participate in Elections at the Kremenets Conference of City Voters, acc. to Article 33 of the Statute on Elections to the State Duma, Volynskiia gubernskiia viedomosti [Volhynia provincial gazette], 1907, no. 74. KDRG 263.
List of Persons Exercising the Right to Participate in Elections at the First Conference of City Voters in Kremenets District, acc. to Article 32 of the Statute on Elections to the State Duma, and List of Persons  Exercising the Right to Participate in Elections at the Second Conference of City Voters in Kremenets District, acc. to Article 32 of the Statute on Elections, Volynskiia gubernskiia viedomosti [Volhynia provincial gazette], 1912, no. 84. KDRG 264.
Received from Barry Chernick. 7,322 Jewish names out of 11,930 total. Includes voters residing in Aleksinets, Belozirka, Berezhtsy, Katerburg, Kremenets, Lanovtsy, Pochayev, Radzivilov, Rokhmanov, Shumsk, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok, Yampol, and other localities.
Names and towns are indexed in the searchable  Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names, a master index of all information collected by the Kremenets District Research Group.
Merchant Guild Members, Kremenets, KDRG 2571933
Translation of 1933 Kremenets Merchant Guild Members, obtained from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, KDRG 257, CA Disk 4-07, Ternopil Archives, Fond 2, Opis 3, Sp 723. 390 Jewish names out of 410 total. Includes residents of Belozirka, Berezhtsy, Katerburg, Kremenets, Lanovtsy, Pochayev, Shumsk, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok, and other localities.
Names and towns are indexed in the searchable  Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names, a master index of all information collected by the Kremenets District Research Group.
Private Business Owners, Kremenets District, KDRG 2611936
Translation of Kremenets Private Business Owners, 1936, KDRG CA-261, Ternopil Archives, Fond 2, Opis 3, Sp 788, received from CAHJP. Translated but not proofed. Includes business owners in the towns of Berezhtsy, Belozirka, Katerburg, Lanovtsy, Pochayev, Staryy Oleksinets, Shumsk, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok, and other towns.
Names and towns are indexed in the searchable Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names, a master index of all information collected by the Kremenets District Research Group.
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Articles

TitleTypeAuthorView
JDC Reports, 1919 visit to Kremenets District TownsHistory 
 Period: 1919JDC visit to Kremenets, 15 Oct 1919 Memo, NY_AR1921_03260, ID 224216.pdf. This one page memo describes the situation in Kremenets and names 15 prominent Kremenetsers. It also gives the population of the 12 major towns in the Kremenets district.
Pinkas HaKehilot, BerezhtsyGeneral Reference 
Slownik Geograficzny, BerezhtsyGeneral Reference 
 Slownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), XV, p. 105:



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