Mikhanovichi

Mikhanovichi before 1917

History

XVI century	- Mikhanovichi was founded as a private village in Minsk District of Minsk Province of the Great Lithuanian Princedom.
Since 1793	- Mikhanovichi was in Russian Empire.
1801-1917	- Mikhanovichi was a private village in Minsk District of Minsk Province.
1873	- the railway station of Libava-Romny Railroad was constructed in Mikhanovichi. Resident Jewish population appeared.

Vital Statistics

Date	Number of Jews	Number of Non-Jews	Commentaries	Specific gravity in total population number
1873			Jewish population appeared
1883	c. 200		Total population		No info
1905	785		Total population		No info
1917	12	776	Both sexes		1,5 %

Jewish Life

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

Economical Review.

Traditional activities of local population were trade with timber, grain, cattle and vodka.

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:

- trade road Koydanov - Smolevichi;

- Minsk - Annopol.

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

- telegraph road (1870s);

- railway station [a station of Libava-Romny railroad (1873)].

Those events effect seriously to development of the region and Mikhanovichi itself. If in the 1882 there were 28 houses in Mikhanovichi, in 1905 there were 102 ones already.

In the end XIX - early XX century main cargo of Mikhanovichi rail station were wood and grain.

General cultural information.

- post office;

- telegraph station.

Closest doctor was in Minsk (20 km) and closest synagogue was in Samokhvalovichi (12 km).