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Zhagori, Vitebsk uyezd, Vitebsk gubernia

There is an article about Zhagori in the Encyclopedia Judaica. The article can be found in volume XVI, page 916-917, and is 33 lines long. (contributed by Joel Spector)
There is an article about Zhagori in the Russian language Jewish Encyclopedia (Evreiskaya Encyclopedia). The article can be found in volume VII, page 535, and is 9 lines long. (contributed by Joel Spector)

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Links for the uyezd of Vitebsk

Click here for the Jewish population of Vitebsk uezd according to the 1897 census, by Alex Friedman

Links for the gubernia of Vitebsk

Click here for 1911 Vitebsk vsia rossiia
Click here for an article by Alex Friedman
Click here for Guberniya District Maps from the 1899 edition of Vsia Rossiia, by Michael Steinore. Link for Vitebsk Gubernia is at the bottom of this page.
Click here for Jewish population of Vitebsk gubernia according to the 1897 census
Click here for the 1911 Vsia Rossiia - Vitebsk Gubernia - data compiled by members of the Belarus SIG
Click here for the Jewish agricultural colonies in Western Russia, prior to 1904, by Lou Goldman
Click here for the Vitebsk Regional Library
Click here for Vitebsk gubernia page of the Belarus SIG. Includes a list of all the known shtetls for this gubernia.

Shtetls of Belarus

Zhagori, Vitebsk uyezd, Vitebsk gubernia

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