Metlichino

Metlichino before 1917

History

XVI century	- Metlichino was founded as a private village in Minsk District of Minsk Province of the Great Lithuanian Princedom.
Since 1793	- Metlichino was in Russian Empire.
1801-1917	- Metlichino was a private village in Minsk District of Minsk Province.
2nd half of XIX century	- Jewish population appeared.

Vital Statistics

Date	Number of Jews	Number of Non-Jews		Commentaries		Specific gravity in total population number
2nd half of XIX century				Jewish population appeared
1883	about 35		Total population		No info
1905	121		Total population		No info
1917	19	96		Both sexes			16,5 %

Jewish Life

In the beg. XX century in Metlichino there were no Jewish objects.

Economical Review.

Traditional activities of local population were agriculture and chopping of wood. Since early time Usyazha river was the main road for local habitants.

During Russian principality the 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 Minsk - Logoysk - Lepel - Polotsk;

- trade road Radoshkovichi - Smolevichi;

- trade road Smolevichi - Logoysk.

In XIX, because of development of the AllRussian Market, new types of communications appeared in the region: since 1871 the closest railway and telegraph stations were in Kolodishchi (21 km).

Those events provoked temporal growth of Metlichino. Resident Jewish population were busy with small trade. Main goods — wood and agricultural products.

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

Date of record	Number of houses
1883	4
1905	18
1917	18

General cultural information.

It seems, that there were nothing special in Metlichino before 1917. The closest doctor was in Minsk (28 km), the closest post office and synagogue were in Ostroshitsky Gorodok (6 km).