Samokhvalovichi

Samokhvalovichi before 1917

History

XVI - Beg. XVIII centuries	- Samokhvalovichi was a possession of Khaletsky noble family of the Great Lithuanian Princedom.
Late XVI century	- Jewish population appeared.
Since beg. XVIII century	- Samokhvalovichi was a possession of Radzivill magnate family of the Rech Pospolitaya.
Since 1793	- in Russian Empire.
Since 1801	- a shtetle in Minsk District of Minsk Province, a possession of Butsevich noble family.
Since 1878	- Samokhvalovichi became a possession of Panov noble family.

Vital Statistics

Date	Number of Jews	Number of Non-Jews	Commentaries	Specific gravity in total population number
Late XVI century			Jewish population appeared
1887	about 480		Total population	Over 66 %
1897	401	166	Both sexes	70,7 %
1905	477		Total population	No info
1917	263	830	Both sexes	24,1 %

Jewish Life

Since the times of Rech Pospolitaya local Jews were famous for horse thieving.

In 1898 SHCHUR Movsha son of Itsko was a Jewish Deputy of the Shtetle Petty-Bourgeois Administration.

By 1900 there were 2 praying houses in Samokhvalovichi.

Economical Review.

Traditional activities of local Jewish population were trade with timber, grain and vodka and growing of vegetables. Since early time Ptych river was a main road for Samokhvalovichi 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:

trade road Minsk - Slutsk.

In XIX, because of development of the AllRussian Market, new types of communications appeared in the region.

In 1888 in Samokhvalovichi there was a mill. The closest railway station and post office were in Fanipol (Moscow - Brest railroad, 10 km).

Also, in the end of XIX century the dirt road from Minsk to Stankovo (Count Chapsky residence) was built.

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

Date of record	Number of houses
1859	57
1888	66
1905	61
1917	139

It seems, that there were no any big enough businesses in Samokhvalovichi before 1917.

General cultural information.

In beg. XX century in Samokhvalovichi there were:

- the wooden Orthodox Church of St. Spirit, built by Radzivills and renovated in 1868;

- a public primary school.

The closest doctor, post office and synagogue were in Minsk (15 km).