Revision Lists – Belarus

· Introduction
· LDS Microfilms
· Current Database Contents
· Sample Illustrations
· Other Resources for Revision Lists
· Acknowledgements
· Search the Database

The Reviska Skazka (Revision Lists) were conducted in territories ruled by the Russian Czar in the 18th and 19th centuries.  The Revision Lists enumerated only those individuals subject to taxation.  The data was also utilized for identifying men to draft into the army.  There were 10 known major Reviska Skazka taken.

LDS Microfilms

The Mormons (LDS) microfilmed Revision Lists for several districts now in Belarus at the State Historical Archives of Belarus in Minsk in 1995.  These 126 microfilms can be ordered and viewed at any of the LDS Family History Centers as well as at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City.  The LDS microfilm numbers are listed in the chart below.

District Year of Revision List
1795 1806 1811 1816 1842
Bobriusk 1,925,366-378 2,008,324-326 - 2,008,268-270; 2,010,269 -
Borisov 1,925,378-379 - 2,008,326-329; 2,010,468-469; 2,010,473 2,008,263-268 -
Davidgorod 1,925,405-407; 1,925,409-413; 2,008,319-320 - - - -
Dokshitsy 1,925,366-367 - - - -
Igumen 1,925,380,396; 2,008,317-319 - 2,008,329-330; 2,010,467-468 1,925,180-181; 2,008,262-264 2,008,280-281
Koidanavo - 2,008,322-324 - - -
Minsk 1,921,924-930; 1,922,324-325; 1,922,327; 1,923,577-579; 2,008,305   2,008,322-324 2,008,270-278 2,008,278-280
Mozyr 1,925,403-05; 1,925,409; 1,925,396-399; 1,925,401; 2,008,306-308 - 1,925,413-415 1,925,415-416 -
Nesvizh 2,008,282-283 - - - -
Novogrudok 2,008,281-282 2,008,321 2,008,472-473 2,010,469-470; 2,008,471 -
Pinsk 1,922,326 - 2,008,471-473 1,925,416; 1,925,180 -
Postavy 2,008,303-304 - - - -
Slutsk 2,008,302-303; 2,008,306-308; 2,008,320-321 - 2,010,468-469 2,008,471 -
Velejka 1,923,579; 2,008,308; 2,008,315-316 - - - -

The State Historical Archives of Belarus' inventories of their holdings of Revision Lists can be found on their website: In Russian, In English.

The language of the 1795 Revision List was in Polish for those areas "acquired" from Poland.  At that time, most of the Jews did not have surnames, however, the head of household is listed with a patronymic (his father's given name), together with the residents of the household and their relationship to him.  The 1806, 1811, 1816 and 1842 Revision Lists are in the Russian language.

Current Database Contents

The JewishGen Belarus Database currently contains over 15,000 records from various Revision Lists, as follows:

Year Town Uyezd Gubernia Archive Source FHL Microfilm # of Records
1806 Derechin Slonim Grodno BGIA/24/7/465 Not microfilmed 464
1811 Ivenets Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 218
1811 Kamen' Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 60
1811 Koidanov Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 349
1811 Koidanov / Galinki Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 180
1811 Komarovka Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 59
1811 Kozlovshchizna Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 2
1811 Minsk Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 3226
1811 N.Sverzhen' Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 131
1811 Rakov Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 292
1811 Rubezhevichi Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 97
1811 Samokhvalovichi Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 198
1811 Stolbtsy Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 319
1811 Zaslavl Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/195 #2,008,323 146
1816 Lachowicze Slutsk Minsk ? #2,010,470 364
1819 Lachowicze Slutsk Minsk ? #2,010,470 452
1850 Derechin Slonim Grodno BGIA/24/7/477 Not microfilmed 89
1850 Derechin Slonim Grodno LVIA/24/7/477 Not microfilmed 122
1850 Budslav Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 200
1850 Dolginovo Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 1175
1850 Gorodok Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 414
1850 Kraisk Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 154
1850 Krasnoselie Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 227
1850 Krivichi Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 318
1850 Kurenets Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 976
1850 Lebedzev Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 399
1850 Miadel Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 410
1850 Radoshkovich Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 1262
1850 Rechki Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 141
1850 Vileika Vileika Vilnius LVIA/515/15/934 Not microfilmed 341
1858 Lipelevka Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/533 #1,792,209 11
1858 Shibniki Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/533 #1,792,209 9
1858 village Koscheinaia? Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/533 #1,792,209 32
1858 village Nedvighina Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/533 #1,792,209 235
1858 Zayamechno farming colony Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/533 #1,792,209 368
1858 Ivenets ? Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/969 #1,792,211 2
1858 Kaidanov Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/969 #1,792,211 21
1858 Minsk Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/969 #1,792,211 57
1858 Zaslavl' Minsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/969 #1,792,211 39
1858 Derechin Slonim Grodno BGIA/24/7/478 Not microfilmed 79
1858 Derechin Slonim Grodno LVIA/24/7/478 Not microfilmed 221
1871 Smolevichi Borisov Minsk NHAB/333/9/858 #1,792,207 6
1870-73 Borisov Borisov Minsk NHAB/333/9/858 #1,792,207 13
1871-74 Romanov Slutsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/906 #1,792,210 455
1872-74 Babovna Slutsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/906 #1,792,210 30
1873-74 Nesvizh Slutsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/906 #1,792,209 520
1873-74 Timkovichi Slutsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/906 #1,792,210 655
1873-74 Zamoshskoe poborstvo Slutsk Minsk NHAB/333/9/906 #1,792,210 48

Sample Illustrations

Pictured at the right is a sample illustration of a Revision List from 1795.  Other illustrations are available by clicking on the links below.

Surname Lists

Lists of surnames have been compiled for several of the Revision Lists from Belarus.  The following surname lists can be found on the Belarus SIG Website:

Other Resources for Revision Lists

In addition to the Revision Lists microfilmed by the LDS, there are other lists available in the Vilnius archives which cover areas now in Belarus.  According to the FHL Acquisition Department, these Revision Lists will not be microfilmed until after 2005 at the earliest.  However, they are available to researchers at the Vilnius archives, and the Vileika District research group is in the process of raising funds to acquire and translate the Revision Lists for this district.

Revision Lists and family and resident lists (as well as part of the 1897 Census for Grodno gubernia) are in the Grodno branch of the National Archives of Belarus.  These also have not been microfilmed by the FHL.  In addition, the National Historic Archive of Belarus (Minsk) has Revision Lists, family lists, and residents lists for Mogilev (and possibly Vitebsk) gubernia which have not been microfilmed by the Mormons.  Members of the JewishGen Belarus SIG are compiling an inventory of these and other archival holdings of interest to Belarus researchers.

Anyone interested in working on the data extraction, translation, and/or data entry of Revision Lists for Belarus, please contact the JewishGen Belarus SIG's Research Coordinator.

Acknowledgements

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