Pyatevshchina

Pyatevshchina before 1917

History.

Since XVI century	- Pyatevshchina was a possession of Bykovsky noble family in the Great Lithuanian Princedom.
XVIII century	- Jewish population appeared in Pyatevshchina.
1752	- the Uniatic Church of Transfiguration was constructed by Bykovskies.
Since 1793	- Pyatevshchina was in Russian Empire.
Since 1801	- Pyatevshchina was a private possession of Gos noble family in Minsk District of Minsk Province.
1831	- former Uniatic Church of Transfiguration was resanctified into Orthodoxy.
Mid. XIX century	- Pyatevshchina became a possession of Shpilevsky noble family.

Vital Statistics.

Date	Number of Jews	Number of Non-Jews	Commentaries	Specific gravity in total population number
Mid. XIX century			Jewish population appeared
1886	about 215		Total population		No info
1905	356		Total population		No info
1917	35	306	Both sexes		10,3 %

Jewish Life.

In the beg. XX century in Pyatevshchina there were no praying houses or other Jewish objects.

Economical Review.

Traditional activities of local population were agriculture and trade with timber. Since early time Ptych river was the main road for local habitants. The village became to develop only in XVIII. Since that time resident Jewish trading population appeared there.

During Russian principality 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 Koydanov - Minsk;

- trade road Koydanov - Zaslavl.

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 Fanipol (13 km).

Those events provoked rapid increase of Pyatevshchina. Here is the table of development of Pyatevshchina in the 2nd half of XIX - early XX century:

Date of record	Number of houses
1886	29
1905	47
1917	59

In the early XX century there was a water mill in Pyatevshchina on the bank of Ptych river.

General cultural information.

By the end XIX century in Pyatevshchina there was the Orthodox Church of Transfiguration. The closest doctor, synagogue and post office were in Minsk (16 km).