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BRESTSKI UEZD INFORMATIONincluding Bol.-Motykaly, Brest, Brest-Litov, Chernavichicy, Cherni, Dmitrovichi, Dmitrovichskaya, Domachevo, Domachevskaya, Drogichin, Dvorcy, Dvorcovskaya, Indychki, Kamenec-Litovsk, Kamenec-Zhirovicy, Kamenec-Zhirovickaya, Ksicheskaya, Kustin, Lyschitskaya, Maloryta, Malorytskaya, Medna, Mednyanskaya, Mileichicy, Mileitchitsy, Motykalskaya, Oltush, Oltushskaya Priborovo, Peschaniki, Poloveckaya, Priborovskaya, Radvanichi, Radvanicheskaya, Rataichicy, Rataichicskaya, Rogachi, Rogachskaya , Ruda, Ryasna, Ryasen, Turna, Turnyanskaya, Verhovichi, Vehovichskaya, Velikorvta, Velikorytskaya, Verhovichi, Vlodavka, Voiska, Voiskovava, Volchin, Volchinskaya, Vysoko-Litovsk, Zhitnickaya
Brestski Uezd Population by Religion
in 1887
| Religion | Brest | Brestski uezd | ||||
| men | women | men | women | |||
| Orthodox | 6911 | 2308 | 61319 | 59494 | ||
| Catholic | 2547 | 2618 | 4077 | 4257 | ||
| Protestant | 56 | 10 | 1060 | 1173 | ||
| Jewish | 14272 | 14941 | 7391 | 7677 | ||
| Mohammedan | 436 | 25 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Total | 24222 | 19902 | 73853 | 72608 | ||
Brestski Uezd Population by Social
Class in 1887
| Title of the Estates | Brest | Brestski uezd | ||||
| men | women | men | women | |||
| Nobility | 1) hereditary | 53 | 52 | 304 | 320 | |
| 2) personal | 47 | 46 | 36 | 42 | ||
| Clergy | 1) Orthodox "White" | 14 | 13 | 256 | 235 | |
| 1) Orthodox "Monkish" | ||||||
| 2) Catholic "White" | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2) Catholic "Monkish" | ||||||
| 3) | ||||||
| 4) | ||||||
| 5) Jewish | 1 | 1 | 13 | 20 | ||
| 6) Moslem | ||||||
| Urban Estates | 1) Citizens (hereditary) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1) Citizens (personal) | 128 | 135 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 2) Merchants | 17846 | 18778 | 8397 | 9933 | ||
| 3) Middle-class | 489 | 2 | ||||
| 4) | ||||||
| Rural Estates | 1) State peasants | 120 | 115 | 9173 | 7944 | |
| 2) Settlers | 48102 | 47966 | ||||
| 3) Peasants-proprietors | ||||||
| 4) town peasants | ||||||
| 5) Free people | ||||||
| 6) | 4585 | 340 | ||||
| Military Estates | 1) regular troops | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2) irregular troops | 544 | 130 | 2360 | 2007 | ||
| 3) | 225 | 123 | 1870 | 1571 | ||
| 4) retired lower ranks | 41 | 44 | 1118 | 1477 | ||
| 5) soldiers' children | 100 | 104 | 319 | 319 | ||
| Foreign | VI. Foreign Subjects | 4 | 7 | |||
| No Fit | VII. People who do not belong above<= /TD> | |||||
| TOTAL | 24222 | 19902 | 73853 | 72608 | ||
Brestski uezd, Grodno gubernia fairs in 1887
Brest: 3 May, Friday of the 10th week after Easter
Domachev: Ascension Day, 18 Oct
Vlodavk: Trinity Day, 24 Jun, 15 Aug, 4 Oct
Chernavitzy: 15 Aug, 28 Oct, 6 Dec
Kaminetz-Litvosk: Sunday of Cheese Week, 23 Apr, 1 Sep, 8 Nov
Vysoko-Litovsk: 27 Jan, 11 May, 20 Jul
Ryasen: 24 Jun, 8 Nov
Vierhovichi: 8 May, 8 Sep, 6 Dec
Volchin: 30 Jan, 1st Thurs after 23 Apr, 24 Jun
Milechitzy: 2 Feb, 30 Aug, 4 Dec
Brest town and Brestski uezd Livestock in 1884:
Horses: 503/11618
Cattle: 739/56337
Sheep, simple: 0/71808
Sheep with thin fleece: 0/2008
Pigs: 840/37547
Goats: 59/1007
Donkeys/mules: 0/3
Total livestock in Brest: 2,141
Total livestock in Brestski uezd: 190,251
Buildings in Brest in 1887: stone/wood
Habitations =96public: 3/-
- church/monastery: /5
- social: 3/2
- private: 73/2,283
Public shop: 1/
Social shop:
Private shop:
Social store: 2/28
Private store: 167/83
Theater: 1/1
Total: 250.2,435
Buildings in Drogichin in 1887: stone/wood
Habitations =96public:
- church/monastery: /5
- social: 2/1
- private: 7/153
Public shop:
Social shop:
Private shop:
Social store:
Private store: /10
Theater:
Total: 8/170
Brest Uezd 1887 statistics for zashtatnye cities, places, and posady
| Name of Settlement | 1887 Population | Distance from Gubernia city= | Distance from district city= | Lat/ | Long | Postal Address (P.S) | ||||
| Brest-Litov d.c. | 44124 | 203 | 52 | 5 | 41 | 49 | Brest | |||
| Verhovichi p | 196 | 178 | 53 | 52 | 28 | 41 | 40 | Vysoko-Litovsk | ||
| Vlodavka p. | 906 | 266 | 59 | 51 | 33 | 41 | 44 | C. Voldava Sedl. Gub. | ||
| Volchin p | 499 | 174 | 30 | 52 | 17 | 41 | 28 | Vysoko-Litovsk | ||
| Vusoko-Litovs p | 4106 | 164 | 39 | 52 | 22 | 41 | 32 | Vysoko-Litovsk | ||
| Domachevo p. | 987 | 245 | 38 | 51 | 45 | 41 | 45 | Brest | ||
| Kamenec-Litov P | 4570 | 195 | 35 | 52 | 24 | 41 | 59 | Kam-Litovsk | ||
| Mileichicy p | 1000 | 143 | 62 | 52 | 32 | 41 | 18 | Vysoko-Litovsk | ||
| Ryasna p | 425 | 164 | 42 | 52 | 23 | 41 | 34 | Vysoko-Litovsk | ||
| Chernavichicy p | 883 | 219 | 16 | 52 | 13 | 41 | 54 | Brest | ||
Brest uezd 1887 GRODNO camps and Volostswith postal addresses =
(volost=3Dsmallest administrative/territorial unit of pre-Revolutiona= ry Tsarist Russia; Guberniya=3DBasic administrative/territorial unit of pre-= Revolutionary Russia.
1 desyatina =3D 1.0925 hektar; 1 hectar
=3D 10,000 square meters
| CAMP | Designa-tion | Name of district camps | name of places: camp flats & volosts go= vernment | Post Address | Distance from camp flat (unit unknown) | Distance from district city | Distance from gubernia city |
| 1st | 1st camp | place: Domachevo | city: Brest-Lit. | 38 | 245 | ||
| 1st | Volost | Domachevskaya | place: Domachevo | city: Brest-Lit. | 38 | 245 | |
| 1st | Volost | Priborovskaya | village: Priborovo | city: Brest-Lit. | 14 | 51 | 258 |
| 1st | Volost | Mednyanskaya | village: Medna | city: Brest-Lit. | 16 | 75 | 232 |
| 1st | Volost | Oltushskaya | village: Oltush | village: Maloryta | 30 | 55 | 262 |
| 2nd | 2nd camp | Estate Ruda | city: Brest-Lit. | 34 | 241 | ||
| 2nd | Volost | Velikorytskaya | village: Velikorvta | city: Brest-Lit. | 2 | 32 | 239 |
| 2nd | Volost | Malorytskaya | village: Maloryta | Maloryta | 16 | 43 | 250 |
| 2nd | Volost | Radvanicheskaya | village: Radvanichi | city: Brest-Lit. | 12 | 24 | 231 |
| 2nd | Volost | Kamenec-Zhirovickaya | village: Kamenec-Zhirovicy | city: Brest-Lit. | 24 | 8 | 215 |
| 3rd | 3rd camp | village: Chrnavchicy | city: Brest-Lit. | 16 | 219 | ||
| 3rd | Volost | Turnyanskaya | village: Turna | city: Brest | 6 | 20 | 200 |
| 3rd | Volost | Ksicheskaya | village: Cherni | city: Brest | 8 | 8 | 207 |
| 3rd | Volost | Motykalskaya | village: Bol.-Motykaly | city: Brest | 12 | 14 | 192 |
| 3rd | Volost | Lyschitskaya | village: Kustin | Vysoko-Lit. | 18 | 28 | 180 |
| 4th | 4th camp | place: Kam.- Litovsk | Kamenec-Lit. | 35 | 195 | ||
| 4th | Kamenec-Litovskaya | place: Kam.-Litovski | Kamenec-Lit. | 35 | 195 | ||
| 4th | Volost | Zhitnickaya | village: Indychki | Kamenec-Lit. | 12 | 22 | 200 |
| 4th | Volost | Voiskovava | village: Voiska | Kamenec-Lit. | 2 | 35 | 173 |
| 4th | Volost | Dmitrovichskaya | village: Dmitrovichi | Kamenec-Lit. | 10 | 45 | 180 |
| 4th | Volost | Rataichicskaya | village: Rataichicy | Kamenec-Lit. | 14 | 30 | 185 |
| 4th | Volost | Dvorcovskaya | village: Dvorcy | Kamenec-Lit. | 13 | 46 | 195 |
| 5th | 5th camp | place: Vysoko-Lit. | place: Vysoko-Lit. | 39 | 164 | ||
| 5th | Volost | Vysoko-Litovskaya | o. Vysoko-Lit. | place: Vysoko-Lit. | 39 | 164 | |
| 5th | Volost | Volchinskaya | place: Volchin | place: Vysoko-Lit. | 10 | 35 | 175 |
| 5th | Volost | Rogachskaya | village: Rogachi | place: Vysoko-Lit. | 20 | 62 | 157 |
| 5th | Volost | Poloveckaya | village: Peschaniki | place: Vysoko-Lit. | 12 | 54 | 159 |
| 5th | Volost | Vehovichskaya | place: Verhovichi | place: Vysoko-Lit. | 15 | 53 | 178 |
1887 BREST uezd surnames with occupations
| TOWN | OCCUPATION | SURNAME | First Name | Pharmacy Number |
| Miletchitsy | pharmacy manager | Blomkshtein owner | #41 | |
| Mileitschitsy | physician | Borisovski | Iosif Oomich | |
| Vladavka | pharmacy manager | Fabishevski | #40 | |
| Vysoko-Litovsk | physician | Fainshtein | Boris Ionovich | |
| Brest | physician | Filipovich | Kazimir Karlovich | |
| Brest | physician | Finshtein | Mikhail Ionovich | |
| Mileitschitsy | physician | Fogel | Haim Leibovich | |
| Brest | pharmacy owner | Garski | #35 | |
| Brest | physician | Grudinski | Vikenti Konstantinovich | |
| Brest | pharmacy owner | Klimashevski | #36 | |
| Vysoko-Litovsk | physician | Kobrinets | Karl Vasiljevich | |
| Brest | pharmacy owner | Kosvena | #34 | |
| Brest | physician | Lestchinski | Vladislav Leontjevich | |
| Blomkstein | pharmacyowner | Miletchitsy-manager | #41 | |
| Vladavka | pharmacy owner | Pisarzhevski | #40 | |
| Kamenetsk-Litovsk | pharmacy owner | Sabishinski | #39 | |
| Miletchitsy | pharmacy manager | Sandberg | #41 | |
| Brest | physician | Shereshevskaya | Galdina Samoilovna | |
| Brest | physician | Stanishevski | Victor Karlovich | |
| Vysoko-Litovsk | pharmacy manager | Starzhinski | #38 | |
| Brest | pharmacy owner | Suhetski | #37 | |
| Kamenetsk-Litovsk | pharmacy manager | Tochilovski | #39 | |
| Vysoko-Litovsk | pharmacy manager | Tyminski | #38 | |
| Brest | physician | Zaleski | Papel Pavlovich | |
| Brest | physician | Zdanski | Osip Alexandrovich |
1903 Vsyia Rosia Listing for Brest town:
Translation by Amy Levinson= © 1999
No Registered Businesses
| Occupation | Surname | First Name | Address | Notes | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | ? | Khana-Tsivia, father: Enukh | Galanteria | |||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Aizenberg | Rivka, father: Yossel | Gostinitza dv.20 | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Grocery | Aizenshteyn | Eter-Malka, father: Itzk. | Gostin.Dv. | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Akselraut | Shimon-Gdal, father: Yossel | Gostinitza dv. 61 | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Typography | Alperovich | Leiba | Tipographia | |||||||||||
| Bakery | Anelov | Ibrah-Huse | d. Itelda | Bulochnaya | ||||||||||
| Miller | Beloch | Wolf, father: Aizer | Graevskaya Slobodka-own home | Melnitsa | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Belokh | Wolf, father: Aizer | Gostinitsa Riad. | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Birshtein | Yankel, father: Abel | Posseinaya | Menyalnia Lavki | |||||||||||
| Cigarette wrappers | Birshtein | Hirsh-Haim, father: Abad. | 80 workers-own home | Gilzovia "Siurpriz" | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Brianski | Abr.-Itzko, father: Shepsel | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | |||||||||||
| Pharmacy | Brodzinski | Odnufr., father: Vladislav | Apteki | |||||||||||
| Cast iron foundry | Brodzinzkaya | Maria-Yadviga | Apteki | |||||||||||
| cotton, paper | Chernoshvartz | Meer, father: Volf | own home | Bumaga | ||||||||||
| Cigarette holders, wrappers | Daich | Abr., father: Zelm. | d. Listgartina | Gildzi | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Eibnitz | Khana-Rosa, father: Getzel | Gostinitza dv. 19 | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Eibnitz: see Yanovich | ||||||||||||||
| Sawmill | Entin | Basha, father: Abr. | 20 workers | Lisopilni | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Epinberg | Rezlia-Zissm., father: Leib | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | |||||||||||
| Banking Office | Felshtein | Chaim, father: Itzko | Bankurski contori | |||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Festman | Khaia, father: Aov. | Gostinitza dv. 83 | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Cigarette wrappers | Finkel | Aron-Abr., father: Leib | predm. Gorodok, 14 workers-own home<= /TD> | Gilzovia | ||||||||||
| cotton, paper | Finkelshtein | Khava, father: Isr. | Kozenbluma | Bumaga | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Frishberg (?) | Gershon, father: Leiz. | Gostinitza riad.10 | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Frishberg (?) | Basia, father: Movsh. | Galanteria | |||||||||||
| Carriages | Ginzburg | Leiba, father: Movsh. | Shosseinaya-Own home | Ekipazhi | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Goldberg | Meir-Itzko, father: Wolf | Gostinitsa Dv., 31 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Goldberg | Rokhla, father: Abram | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | |||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Goldren | Simkha-Sholem, father: Shmuel | Gostinitsa Dv., 123 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Goldren | Golda, father: Yossel | Gostinitsa Dv., 123 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Goldrin | Sruel, father: Hirsh | Galanteria | |||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Goldshteyn | Feiga, father: Hillel | Gostinitsa Dv., 123 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Cigarette holders, wrappers | Golom | Shasha, father: Moshk. | d. Goldberg | Gildzi | ||||||||||
| Banking office | Goroditz | Lev, father: Aizik | Shosseinaya | Bankurski contori | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Gotlieb | Abram, father: Aron | own home | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Grosman | Berko, father: Beniamin | Gostinitsa Dv. 38 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Gvatsman | Malka-Yudel, father: Khaim | Galanteria | |||||||||||
| Eggs | Gvirtzman | Freida, father: Wolf | Poitzeiskaya-Radevsk home | Yaitsa | ||||||||||
| Inn | Iteld | Mordka, father: Itz | own home | Gostinitsa | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Kaller | Genya, father: Movsh. | Gostinitza dv. 13 | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Kartsinelka | Isaac, father: Movsh. | Gostinitza dv. 8 | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Cigarette holders, wrappers | Katzli | Sora, father: Simkha | d. Gvirtzmana | Gildzi | ||||||||||
| Vodka & Spirits | Khazen | Vinni Skl. | Vodka & Spirits | |||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Kobrinsky | Zelik-Itzko | Gostinitza dv. 17 | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Kobrinsky | Basia, father: Shepsel | Galanteria | |||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Kobrintz | Yosel, father: Hirsh | own home | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Kobrintz | Sheina Tankhel | Galanteria | |||||||||||
| Pharmacy | Kosven | Os., father: Matvei | Apteki | |||||||||||
| Hardware (lit. iron) | Krasni | Shaya, father: Abr. | Topolevaya - own home | Zhelezo | ||||||||||
| Cigarette wrappers | Levin | Yankel, father: Ovsei | H. Zilberberga, 54 workers | Gilzovia "Imperial" | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Litvinsky | Movsha, father: Osher | Shoshnaia-d.Rozesa | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Sewing machines | Litzkevich | Vas., father: Domin. | Kvyatkov home-Shvein. Machini | Shvein. Machini | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Lunevsky | Shlema, father: Shmuel | Gostin.Dv. 366 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Cigarette wrappers | Matetskaia | Mar., father: Mark. | h. Shteina, 50 workers | Gilzovia | ||||||||||
| Hardware (lit. iron) | Mazur | Yossel, father: Itzko | d. Ukrainskago | Zhelezo | ||||||||||
| Hardware (lit. iron) | Mazur & Shkurnik | Zhelezo | ||||||||||||
| Hardware (lit. iron) | Menes | Khaim, father: Khiam | Shosheinaya-d. Braigendlera | Zhelezo | ||||||||||
| Miller | Modelevich | Yudel, father: Zuzel | Graevskaya Slobodka-own home | Melnitsa | ||||||||||
| Tobacco | Muginshtein | Kiva, father: Berk | 80 workers-own home | Tabachnaya | ||||||||||
| Pharmacy goods | Nadva | Zelman-Yudel, father: Mordkh | Aptekar. Tovar | |||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Oltushskaya | Sora, father: Gdal. | own home | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Tannery | Pernik | Dav.-Zimka, father: Volf | Kozhevennie | |||||||||||
| Tannery | Polyak | Zekind | Slobodki, 30 workers-own home | Kozhevennie | ||||||||||
| Mead brewer | Pozhen Zhinskaya | Khana-Feiga, father: Aron | own home | Medovarenie | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Rabin | Isr., father: Shlem. | Shosseinaia (?) | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Raf | Yossel, father: Khatsk. | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov.(sukho) | |||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Raf | Yossel, father: Zelman | Topolevaia d. Rafa | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Hardware (lit. iron) | Rosenblom | Hinda, father: Lebin | Bazarnia Per.-d. Kharkhevicha | Zhelezo | ||||||||||
| Hardware (lit. iron) | Rosenblom | Yossel, father: Dav. | Zhelezo | |||||||||||
| Litho-typography | Rosental | Khava, father: Aizer | Rosseinaya | Litho-Tipographia | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Rozenberg | Shmuel, father: Moishe | Gostinitsa Dv. 98 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Library | Rubatsky | Itzko, father: Movska | Bibloteka | |||||||||||
| Pharmacy goods | Rubinraut | Yossel-Moishe, father: Khaim | Aptekar. Tovar | |||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Shatzm | Khasha, father: Shamov | Gostinitsa Dv. 97 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Shchekotski | Melekh, father: Kaper | Shosseinaia-d. Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and= Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania)a | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Harness | Sheinman | Hillel, father: Leiz. | Topolevaya-Khar home | Shorn. Tovar | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Sherbakov | Ivan, father: Ivan | Gostinitsa Dv. 22 | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Shereshevsky & | Yankel-Shebil, father: Nosan | Shosseinaia d. Birshteina | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Sewing machines? Bicycles | Shiland (?) | Gesya-Mordukh., father: Volf | Shosseinaya-Birstein home | Shvein. Machini (Velocipedes) | ||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Shkurnik | Malka, father: Mordukh | Galanteria | |||||||||||
| Shmidt | Rudol., father: Ern. | Chugunno-Liteini | ||||||||||||
| Grocery-colonial goods | Shneider | Moshe-Leib | Shosseinaia-d. Rozeka | Bakaleino-Koloniali Tov. | ||||||||||
| Brewery (Beer) | Shteinberg | Ksavei, father: Gri. | 20 workers-own home | Pivovarenie | ||||||||||
| Pharmacy | Shteinberg | Lev-Grig. | Apteki | |||||||||||
| Haberdashery | Shvartzbaum | Abr.-Jossel, father: Leiz. | own home | Galanteria | ||||||||||
| Pharmacy goods | Soloveichik | Ol., father: Abram | ||||||||||||
