Ivenets

Ivenets before 1917

History

XIV century	- first record about Ivenets [private possession of the Great Lithuanian Prince (Magnum Ducatus Lituanorum)].
1606	- foundation of Calvin cathedral.
Mid. XVII century	- Jewish population appeared.
End XVII century	- Calvin cathedral was rebaptized into Catholic one.
1702	- foundation of the Monastery of St. Francisco.
Since 1793	- in Russian Empire.
Since 1801	- a shtetle in Minsk District of Minsk Province.
1868	- old Roman Catholic cathedral was closed.
1910	- new Roman Catholic church (Red Church) was constructed.

Vital Statistics

Date	Number of Jews	Number of Non-Jews	Commentaries	Specific gravity in total population number
Mid. XVII century			Jewish population appeared
1847	2342	No info	Both sexes	No info
1859	1799		Total population	No info
1897	1343	1327	Both sexes	50,2 %
1905	2767		Total population	No info

Jewish Life

By 1910 there were:

- 1 synagogue;

- 3 praying houses.

Economical Review.

Traditional activities of local Jewish population were trade with timber, grain, and vodka. Since early time Volma river was a main road for Ivenets habitants.

During Russian principality, vodka trade was under state hard control and became less popular among Jewish businessmen. But Russian authorities did a lot to develop the region because of military and fiscal reasons mostly. First of all, old communications were reconstructed there:

post communications road from Minsk to Oshmyany (Vilno Province);

road Ivenets - Rubezhevichi;

road Ivenets - Koydanov.

In XIX, because of development of the AllRussian Market, new types of communications appeared there:

telegraph station (1870s).

Each Sunday big market took place. From the mid. XIX century big annual fair was held on St. Trinity Day (40th day after Easter).

Main goods:

a) vegetables;

b) timber and timber goods;

c) grain;

d) pottery.

Here is the table of development of Ivenets in the 2nd half of XIX - early XX century:

Date of record	Number of houses
1859	189
1882	388
1905	425

In the beg. XX century different types of businesses became to develop, however, vegetables and timber ones stayed the most important. Here is the list of major business and trade enterprises of Ivenets and the Subdistrict for 1902.

Name of owner	Type of business	Nationality
Lapides Moisey Mendelev	Pharmacy	Jewish
Novikova Mariya Andreyevna	Cardboard factory (steam engine, 38 employees)	Russian
Sutin Mendel Berkov	Timber and timber goods	Jewish

General cultural information.

In beg. XX century in Ivenets there were:

- a stone Orthodox church, built in the XIXth century;

- 2 stone Catholic churches (one (so called "White") built in XVIII on the fundament of the old one, another (so called "Red") in the early 1900s);

- post office & telegraph station;

- a public primary school;

- a pharmacy.

Closest doctor was in Volozhin (30 km).