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Slonim Ueyzd

Slonimsky uezd towns:

Bransk (Briansk, Briensk):

Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania): 1500= .

1912 Rabbi: Shimeon Yehuda Shkop (1860-?).

Yizkor: Breinsk, 1948.

Byten (Biten, Buten):

1880 Hamelitz: article by Mos= he Yehoshua Levin.

Birthplace of urologist Abraham Ravich, MD (1888-?) who immigrated to US in 1892.

Chomsk, Khomsk: Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew = Encyclopedias of Lithuania): 4130.

Landsmanschaften: Maasha Liberman, 58 Ibn Gabirol Street; Tel Aviv 64362. (Kobrin uezd?)

Dvoretz (Dworzec): Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania): 1983. near Zhetel (Dyatlovo)

Holinka (Holynka):

Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania) 2280.

Yizkor: Seder Derechin, 1972.

Horodenka (Horodets): 7 km from Antapoli and 21 km east of Kobrin.  Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania): ?2355.
Yizkor: Horodets, 1949.
Birthplace of Paris physician and Lond Talmudic scholar Israel Mikal Rabinowicz (1818-1893).
Village Chelishtchevich (Czeliszczewicze) is a village 10 km south.
1902 Obit: Rav Yehoshua Yakov ben Rav Moshe Zvi Rabinovitz (age 94 or older), died. Rabbi of Horodets for alomst eighty years. Father had been Rabbi in both Horodets and in Antapolia but left Horodets for son. Berl Rodetzer was the wealthiest man in the shtetl in 1902.

Horodec in 1921: Polesie province, 40 mi East of Brest-Litvosk. Jewish community dated from 16^th century.
Jewish population: 1847-422; 1897-648 (37%); 1921-264.
Ghetto established April 1942 and liquidated 15 October 1942. Mass executions. [Source: Kugelmass, Jack and Boyarin, Jonathan. From a Ruined Garden, p. 267. See 40-44]

Kosov (Kosov Polski, Kossovo, Kossow Polski):

Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania): 7282. 

Yizkor: Pinkas Kehilet Kosov Polski, 1946.

Kozlovshchina (Kozlowszczyzna): Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania):7070

Pavlova (Pawlowo):

Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania): 6293.
Jewish agricultural colony from about 1850, 2 km SE of Ruzhany.
see yizkor: Ruzhany, 1957

Ruzhany (Rozana, Ruzhinoi):

Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania) 8011.

EJ article.

1884: Hamagid correspondent was Abraham Kestin. 1885: Yakov Mordechai ben Aryeh Leib Pines obituary by Aharon Pines in Hamelitz.

yizkor: Ruzhinoi, 1957.

Slonim in 1921:
Nowogrodek woj., 40 mi SW of Nowogrodek, on Szczara River. Mfg: agricultural machiner, matches, soap, candles, bricks, woolens, and tanning, distilling, four and sawmills. Jewish population from late 16^th century. Jews in trade and crafts. Jewish population: 1766-1,154; 1847-5,700; 1897-11,435 (78%); 1921-6,917 (72%). Mass executions 17 Jul and 14 Nov 1941. Ghetto established August 1941 and liquidated July 1942. Partisans [Source: Kugelmass, Jack and Boyarin, Jonathan. From a Ruined Garden, p. 272; see 1, 46, 107-109]

Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania) 5912. 

1887 Hamelitz correspondent was Eliahu Pinchas Hacohen.

see Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Wooden Synagogues, 1959.

yizkor: Pinkas Slonim, 1962.
 
 
 
 
 
 

SLONIMSKI UEZD INFORMATION: including
Bereza, Borkinskaya, Briansk,= Byten, Chemerskaya, Derechin, Derechinskaya, Derevnaya, Derevnyanskaya, Dia= tlov, Dobromysl, Dobromyslskaya, Dolbnevichi, Domanovo, Dvorec, Dvoreckaya, = Dvoretz, Dyatlovo, Dyastlovskaya, Elki, Gichickaya, Golynka, Kossov, Kossovo= , Kossovskaya, Kostrovichki, Kostrovichskaya, Kozlovskaya, Kurilovichi, Kuri= lovichskaya, Lyubischicy, Lyushevo, Lyushnevskaya, Mariinskaya, Mizhevichi, = Mizhevichskaya, Molchad/Molcadz, Nacovskaya, Nakriahki, Novye-Peski, Ozernic= a, Ozernitza, Peskovskaya, Podlese, Rogotna, Rogotnyanskaya, Rozhany,= Rozhanskaya, Ruzhany, Shilovichi, Shilovichskaya, Slonim, Sokolovo, Starove= skaya, Staraya-Ves, Starye-Deviatkovichi, Tribushki, Zhirovich/y, Zhirovichs= kaya

Slonimski Uezd Population by Religion in 1887
 

Religion	Slonim			Slonimski uezd
	men	women	men	women
Orthodox	1079	1016	64500	62907
Catholic	739	676	10063	9990
Protestant			32	39
Jewish	9080	9466	8906	9568
Mohammedan	293	234	34	34
Total	11191	11382	83535	82538

1887 Slonimski Uezd Population by Social Class
 

	Title of the Estates	Slonim		Slonimski uezd
		men	women	men	women
	Nobility	1) hereditary	276	280	496	558
2) personal		136	164	42	34
Clergy		1) Orthodox "White"	4	5	140	169
	1) Orthodox "Monkish"			11
	2) Catholic "White"	4		4
2) Catholic "Monkish"
3)
4)
5) Jewish	40	28	14	22
6) Moslem	4
Urban Estates	1) Citizens (hereditary)	5	7	18	20
	1) Citizens (personal)	8	7	19	20
	2) Merchants	30	46	47	64
3) Middle-class	9022	9686	9676	10179
4)	1078	962	170	150
Rural Estates	1) State peasants	29	36	33113	33582
	2) Settlers			275	299
	3) Peasants-proprietors	23	20	333231	33451
4) town peasants
5) Free people
6)
Military Estates	1) regular troops	450		533	5
	2) irregular troops
	3)	26	98	2934	1475
4) retired lower ranks	36	40	1944	1573
5) soldiers' children			752	824
Foreign	VI. Foreign Subjects	20	13	113	109
	VII. People who do not belong above<= /TD>				3	4
	TOTAL	11191	11392	83535	82538

 

Slonimski uezd, Grodno gubernia fairs in 1887

Slonim: St. Spiritus Day

Kossov: 17 Jan, 25 Apr, 13 Jun, 15 Aug, 25 Sep, 8 Oct, Sunday before Chri= stmas

Ruzhany: Wed of 4th week of Lent, Palm Sunday, "Fominoy" Week, = 29 Jun 6 Aug

Starye-Deviatkovichi: Ascension Day, Orthodox Church Reunification Day, 2= 8 Oct

Zhirovich behind the Monastery: 24 Jun, 1 Oct

Ozernitza: 19 May, 6 Dec

Diatlov: 23 Apr

Dvoretz: Ascension Day, Thurs of 9th week after Easter

Byten: 9 Jun, 14 Oct

Molchad: 1st week after Easter, 29 Jun, 20 Jul, 14 Sep

Slonim town and Slonimski uezd Livestock in 1884:

Horses: 1056/18628

Cattle: 1200/71466

Sheep, simple: 140/53521

Sheep with thin fleece: 0/0

Pigs: 1611/40717

Goats: 25/174

Donkeys/mules: 0/29

Total livestock in Slonim: 4032

Total livestock in Slonimski uezd: 195,078

Buildings in Slonim in 1887: stone/wood

Habitations =96public:

- church/monastery: 3/1

- social: 5/1

- private: 298/936

Public shop:

Social shop: 10/53

Private shop:

Social store:

Private store: 265/104

Theater:

Total: 581/1,095

Buildings in Briansk, Slonim in 1887: stone/wood

Habitations =96public:

- church/monastery: 1/6

- social: 1/

- private: 17/519

Public shop:

Social shop:

Private shop:

Social store:

Private store: 3/67

Theater:

Total: 22/592

Slonimski uezd 1887 statistics for these zashtatnye cities, places, and p= osady
 

Name of Settlement	1887 Population	Distance from Gubernia city=	Distance from district city=	Lat/			Long			Postal Address (P.S)
Bryansk z.c.	1513	165	28	52	53	43	41	Domanovo
Golynka p	572	120	23	53	13	43	12	Slonim
Dvorec p.	1031	207	40	53	24	43	45	Novoelna
Derechin p	3845	116	32	53	15	43	5	Zelva
Dyatlovo p	2000	212	44	53	28	43	34	Dyatlovo
Kossovo p	3725	179	42	52	45	43	19	Kossovo
Molchad p	1326	202	35	53	19	43	53	Molchad St. rw.
Ozernica p.	729	115	21	53	4	43	10	Slonim
Ruzhany p	5484	130	37	52	52	43	4	Ruzhany
Slonim p	22583	167		53	6	43	29	Slonim

Slonimski uezd 1887 guberniya camps (colony?) and Volosts with postal = addresses

(volost=3Dsmallest administrative/territorial unit of pre-Revolutiona= ry Tsarist Russia;

Guberniya=3Dbasic administrative/territorial unit of pre-Revolutionary Ru= ssia

1 desyatina =3D 1.0925 hektar; 1 hectar =3D 10,000 square meters

CAMP	Desig-nation	Name of district camps	name of places: camp flats & volosts go= vernment	Post Address	Distance from camp flat	Distance from district city	Distance from gubernia city
1st		1st camp	place: Kossovo	place: Kossovo		42	149
1st	Volost	Kossovskaya	place: Kossovo	place: Kossovo		42	149
1st	Volost	Borkinskaya	village: Lyubischicy	place: Kossovo	20	40	150
1st	Volost	Gichickaya	Elki	place: Kossovo	24	50	155
1st	Volost	Peskovskaya	village: Novye-Peski	Kart. Bereza	30	70	195
2nd		2nd camp	place: Rozhany	place: Rozhany		37	130
2nd	Volost	Rozhanskaya	place: Rozhany	place: Rozhany		37	130
2nd	Volost	Mariinskaya	village: Tribushki	city: Slonim	20	25	128
2nd	Volost	Mizhevichskaya	village: Mizhevichi	city: Slonim	18	20	118
2nd	Volost	Zhirovichskaya	village: Podlese	city: Slonim	34	15	130
3rd		3rd camp	place: Derechin	Dyatlovo		32	116
3rd	Volost	Derechinskaya	place: Derechin	Dyatlovo		32	116
3rd	Volost	Kurilovichskaya	village: Kurilovichi	city: Slomin	15	45	82
3rd	Volost	Staroveskaya	village: Staraya-Ves	city: Slomin	10	28	92
3rd	Volost	Kostrovichskaya	village: Kostrovichki	city: Slomin	18	20	102
3rd	Volost	Chemerskaya	Sokolovo	city: Slomin	30	8	118
4th		4th camp	place: Dyatlovo	place: Dyatlovo		44	212
4th	Volost	Dyastlovskaya	place: Dyatlovo	place: Dyatlovo		44	212
4th	Volost	Nacovskaya	village: -Nakriahki	place: Dyatlovo	10	46	125
4th	Volost	Kozlovskaya	village: Dolbnevichi	city: Slonim	20	25	135
4th	Volost	Rogotnyanskaya	village: Rogotna	city: Slonim	15	32	145
4th	Volost	Dvoreckaya	place: Dvorec	place: Dvorec	15	40	207
5th		5th camp	place: Byten	Domanovo Railway Station		28	165
5th	Volost	Bytenskaya	place: Byten	Domanovo Railway Station			28	165
5th	Volost	Dobromyslskaya	village: Dobromysl	Domanovo Railway Station	18	46	183
5th	Volost	Shilovichskaya	village: Shilovichi	village: Zhirovicy	20	10	145
5th	Volost	Derevnyanskaya	village: Derevnaya	city: Slonim	38	15	120
5th	Volost	Lyushnevskaya	village: Lyushevo	city: Slonim	45	35	165

SLONIMSKY Uezd 1887 Surnames and Occupations
 

TOWN	OCCUPATION	SURNAME	First Name	Pharmacy Number
Slonim	physician	Belski	Stanislav Ivanovich
Rozhanka	physician	Bomash	Meer Gershkovich
Slonim	physician	Bomash	David Semenovich
Podluzhe	physician	Dobopinski	Mikhail Domenikovich
	physician	Gershkonf	Volf Samoilovich
Kosovo	pharmacy owner	Gladovski	Genrih	#54
Slonim	pharmacy owner	Kovarski	Hanon	#49
Rozhanka	pharmacy owner	Lyatski		#51
Deretchin	physician	Novitski	Vatslav Stanislavovich
Slonim	physician	Pyasetski	Avraam Markovich
Byten	pharmacy owner	Sobeshinski		#55
Slonim	pharmacy owner	Tegazo		#50
Byten	pharmacy manager	Valevich		#55
Dytalovo	physician	Vinkler	Yulii Kazimirovich
Deretchin	pharmacy owner	Yavorski		#53

1903 Slonim Vysia Rosia

Translated by Amy Levinson-Copyright 1999
 

Surname	Father	First name	Business	occupation	Street	# work-ers	Column
Abramovski	Geshel	Nokhim	Manuf. Tovar	Drygoods	Molchad, Lyushnevsk d.
Aizenman	Hirsh	Shlioma	Lisopilni	Sawmill	Kossovskoi		348
Alpert	Giler.	Ester-Feiga	Bakaleia	Grocery	Dyatlovo		349
Anekshteyn	Mordukh	Shimen-Yossel	Posuda	Dishes	Bazarnaya, own home			348
Arlyuk	Berk.	Izr.	Apteki	Pharmacy	Molchad, Liutnevsk. v.			349
Averbukh	Tevel	Abr.	Tabachnaya	Tobacco manuf.	Predm.zamoste			347
Averbukh: see Kunitza, Mordukj
Barre	Petr.	Iv.	Chugunno-Liteini	Cast Iron Foundry	Albertin estate	63	349
Basin	--	Shiritz	Bibloteka	Library	Rozhany		349
Berelshteyn	Leib	Itzko-Shmuel	Skipidar i smola	turpentine & tar	Slonim station			348
Berelshteyn	Itzko	Evel	Les	Wood	Ruzhany
Berman	Mend.	Wolf	Shershtotkatskia	Woolens	Studenskaya, Own home			347
Berman	Yank.	Tedres	Galanteria	Haberdashery	Gostin. riad 13			347
Berman	Yank.	Noima ?	Sukho	Cloth	Ruzhany
Bialostotski	Efraim	Berko	Kozhevennie	Tannery	Derechin	8	348
Boretzki	Meir	Itzko	Melnitsa	Miller	Molchad		348
Breskin	Leim.	Freida	Bakaleia	Grocery	Biten		349
Burshteyn	Naftol	Khaim	Lakovie	Laquered goods			347
Byelous	Sroel	Khaim	Zhelezo	Hardware	Ruzhany
Chepelevskaya	Zusel	Liba	Obuv	Shoes	Torgovaya, Berzisa home			348
Chernikhova	Shliom.	Khaya	Bakaleia	Grocery	Kossovo		349
Daikhes	Beniamin	Hirsh	Knigi	Books	--		347
Dayun	Evnov. (?)	Yank-Nissel	Zolot. i Cerebr. Izdil	products of gold, silver	Mostovskaya, Minsker's house			347
Derechinskaya	Shmuel	Genia-Leah	Tabak	Tobacco	Moskovskaya		348
Dubinbaum	Simkha	Tzodig	Lisopilnie		Mostovskaya, Own home	19	347
Dvoretskaya	Vulf	Khaya-Riva	Aptekar. Tov.	Pharmacy goods	Dyatlovo		349
Dvoretskaya	Peic. ?	Sora	Bakaleia	Grocery	Dyatlovo		349
Dvoretskaya	Elia	Rocha-Leya	Manuf. Tovar	Drygoods	Derechin
Dvoretzki	Shmerk.	Lokhel-Itzko	Tabak	Tobacco	Molchad, Lyushavek v.
Edel	Mikhel	Shloma	Bakaleino-Kolon. Tov.	Grocery & colonial goods	Torgovaya		347
Edelman	Itzko	Khaim	Zhelezo	Hardware	Gostin.riad. 46			347
Eletskaya	Nokhim	Leah	Kozha	Leather	Bazarnaia		347
Enrung (?)	Nokhim	Gertz	Les	Wood	Kharachevichi Est., Derevensk.d.
Enrung (?): see Kagan and Levin (Yiddish an= d Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania), Leiba
Epshteyn	Nossel	Yunter	Libo-medovarennie	Brewer (mead)	Rozhany		348
Ezerski	Leiz	Nison-Yank.	Zhelezo (chugun)	Hardware	Gostin.riad.		347
Ginsburg	Shevel	David					347
Ginsburg: see Perliss, Wolf
Ginzburg	Yossel	Benz.	Aptek. tovar	Pharm. goods	Mazarnaia, own home			347
Gluschevskaya	Abr.	Dveira	Manuf. Tovar	Dry goods			347
Goldberg	Il.	Lipa (Lina ?)	Apteki	Pharmacy	Rozhany		349
Goldberg	Beniamin	Khaya	Manuf. Tovar	Drygoods	Ruzhany
Goldinberg	Hirsh	Mordkh	Kozhevennie	Tannery	Derechin	8	348
Gorfinkel	Berko	Shimel	Sukonie	Cloth	Biten		348
Gorfinkel	Hirsh	Zelman	Manuf. Tovar	Drygoods	Dvoretz
Gozhanski	Eliash	Shmuel	Yaitsa	Eggs	Moskovskaya, Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and H= ebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania) home			348
Grachuk	Yank.	Ita-Beila	Zhelezo	Hardware	Derechin
Graiver	Leiz.	Hirsch	Muka	Flour	Shkolni Dvor, own home			347
Greavski	Nafg.	Shmuel	Bakaleia	Grocery	Kossovo		349
Grodnenski	Isaac	Gendel	Apteki	Pharmacy	Putenskaya		347
Grodnenski	Isaac	Gendel	Aptek. tovar	Pharm. goods	Putenskaya		347
Gurvich	--	Sholom	Tipographia	Typography			347
Gurvich	Sruel	Shlioma	Mebel	Furniture	Puteiskaya, Strebeiski home			347
Gurvich	Dav.	Vitka	Sukho	Cloth	Ruzhany
Israelit	Shimen.	Isaac-Shlioma	Plate Gotov.	Readymade clothes	Torgovaya		348
Israelit	Wolf	Hinda	Manuf. Tovar	Drygoods	Diatlovo
Itskovich	Mordukh	Hirsh	Les	Lumber	--		347
Itzkovich		Elia	Knigi	Books	Ruzhany
Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclo= pedias of Lithuania)	Rub.	Leiba	Les	Wood	Kharachevichi Est., Derevensk.d.
Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclo= pedias of Lithuania): see Enrung (?), Gertz
Karelitz	Shmerko	Shamshel	Manuf. Tovar	Drygoods	Kossovo
Kazen.	Vinnie Skl.		Vodka & Spirits				347
Khaitsin	Gershon	Leiba	Melnitsa	Miller	Rozhany		348
Khamin	Al-ev	Ivan	Bakaleino-Kolon. Tov.	Grocery & colonial goods	Bazarnaya St.			347
Khvoinik	Khaim	Abel	Kozhevennie	Tannery	Rozhany		348
Khvoinik	Fishel	Abr.	Kozhevennie	Tannery	Rozhany	28	348
Khvoinik	Abr.	Moishe	Kozhevennie	Tannery	Rozhany		348
Khvoinik	Leiz.,	Sora-Genya	Kozha	Leather	Ruzhany
Kinstitskaya ?	Tonkhil	Kreina	Galanteria	Haberdashery	Bazarnaya St.