KOBRINSKI UEZD INFORMATION including Alekseevichi, Antopol, Antopolskaya, Barashevichskaya, Barashevichi, Bezdezh, Bezdezhskaya, Bolotskaya, Cherepavchicy, Drogichin, Drogichin II, Drogichinskaya, Dreuzhilovichki, Druzhilovichskaya, Dyvin, Dyvinskaya, Eremichi, Gorodec, Gorodeckaya, Goroditz, Grushevo, Homsk, Homskaya, Iloskaya, Imeninskaya, Ivanov/o, Ivanovskaya, Osovnickaya, Kobrin, Kozischy, Kozischskaya, Krosuni, Lipec, Malorytskaya, Mokrany, Mokranskaya, Motol, Motoskaya, Novosely, Ocovcy, Ocoveckaya, Odrizhin, Odrizhinskaya, Osovnica, Ozyaty, Ozyatskaya, Peredel, Podoleskaya, Priluki, Pruskovskaya, Rogoznyanskaya, Rogozina Hvidko, Sehanovicheskaya, Stepanki, Stigovo, Strigovskaya Zvirogi, Verholeskaya, Volovel, Volvelskaya, Vorocevichi, Vorocevichskaya, Zalese, Zaleskaya, Zbirogovskaya, Zelova, Zelovskaya
Kobrinski Uezd Population by
Religion in 1887
| Religion | Kobrin | Kobrinski uezd | ||||
| men | women | men | women | |||
| Orthodox | 1677 | 1146 | 59768 | 58336 | ||
| Catholic | 281 | 368 | 1707 | 1723 | ||
| Protestant | 69 | 66 | ||||
| Jewish | 3038 | 2344 | 8137 | 8217 | ||
| Mohammedan | 2 | |||||
| Total | 4998 | 3858 | 69681 | 68342 | ||
1887 Kobrinski Uezd Population
by Social Class
| Title of the Estates | Kobrin town | Kobrinski uezd | |||||
| men | women | men | women | ||||
| Nobility | 1) hereditary | 93 | 89 | 329 | 364 | ||
| 2) personal | 15 | 9 | 98 | 131 | |||
| Clergy | 1) Orthodox "White" | 5 | 3 | 189 | 206 | ||
| 1) Orthodox "Monkish" | |||||||
| 2) Catholic "White" | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2) Catholic "Monkish" | |||||||
| 3) | |||||||
| 4) | |||||||
| 5) Jewish | 1 | 1 | 27 | 40 | |||
| 6) Moslem | |||||||
| Urban Estates | 1) Citizens (hereditary) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 1) Citizens (personal) | 50 | 50 | 30 | 31 | |||
| 2) Merchants | 3326 | 3224 | 31 | 53 | |||
| 3) Middle-class | 218 | 230 | 7958 | 8130 | |||
| 4) | |||||||
| Rural Estates | 1) State peasants | 11 | 17 | 15465 | 15514 | ||
| 2) Settlers | 228 | 226 | |||||
| 3) Peasants-proprietors | 39084 | 39088 | |||||
| 4) town peasants | |||||||
| 5) Free people | |||||||
| 6) | 1022 | 17 | 20 | 17 | |||
| Military Estates | 1) regular troops | 755 | |||||
| 2) irregular troops | 133 | 98 | |||||
| 3) | 73 | 62 | 2368 | 1859 | |||
| 4) retired lower ranks | 45 | 41 | 1784 | 1376 | |||
| 5) soldiers' children | 4 | 5 | 931 | 1010 | |||
| Foreign | VI. Foreign Subjects | 195 | 150 | ||||
| VII. People who do not belong above | 179 | 140 | |||||
| TOTAL | 7995 | 3858 | 69681 | 68342 | |||
Kobrinski uezd, Grodno gubernia fairs in 1887
Kobrin: 6 Jan, Monday of "Fominoy" Week, 8 Sep
Dyvin: 25 Mar, Ascension Day, 28 Oct
Antopol: 10th week after Easter, 14 Oct
Goroditz: 31 Aug, 23 Oct
Drogichin: 2 Feb, 1st Mon after Easter, 9 May, 2nd day after Trinity Day,= 24 Jun, 1 Sep, 6 Dec
Homsk: 6 Jan, Wed after Cheese Week, Wed of the 1st week of Lent, 29 Jun,= 1 Oct, 8 No
Ivanov: 1 Jan, 23 Apr, 24 Jun, 1 Oct, 14 Oct
Kobrin town and Kobrin uezd Livestock in 1884:
Horses: 265/11403
Cattle: 573/79031
Sheep, simple: 590/55833
Sheep with thin fleece: 0/0
Pigs: 482/31662
Goats: 10/658
Donkeys/mules: 0/6
Total livestock in Kobrin: 1,920
Total livestock in Kobrin uezd: 187,399
Buildings in Kobrin in 1887: stone/wood
Habitations =96public: 4/2
- church/monastery: 3/6
- social: /3
- private: 14/1,095
Public shop: /2
Social shop:
Private shop:
Social store: 2/
Private store: 160/20
Theater:
Total: 183/1,128
Kobrin uezd 1887 statics for
these zashtatnye cities, places, and posa= dy
| Name of Settlement | 1887 Population | Distance from Gubernia city= | Distance from district city= | Lat/ | Long | Postal Address (P.S) | ||||
| Antopol p | 4043 | 277 | 30 | 52 | 12 | 42 | 57 | Antopol P.S. | ||
| Gorodec p | 702 | 268 | 21 | 52 | 12 | 42 | 49 | Gorodec | ||
| Drogichin p. | 838 | 301 | 55 | 52 | 11 | 43 | 19 | Drogichin | ||
| Dyvin p | 2516 | 267 | 32 | 51 | 57 | 42 | 45 | Dyvin | ||
| Ivanovo p | 3057 | 333 | 84 | 52 | 9 | 43 | 41 | Ivanovo | ||
| Kobrin d.c. | 8856 | 251 | 52 | 13 | 42 | 31 | Krobrin | |||
| Motol p | 2865 | 347 | 99 | 52 | 19 | 43 | 47 | Ivanovo | ||
| Homsk p | 2090 | 301 | 55 | 52 | 20 | 43 | 23 | Homsk | ||
Kobrin uezd: 1887 GRODNO camps (colony?) and Volosts with postal addresses
(volost=smallest administrative/territorial unit of pre-Revolutionary Tsarist Russia;
Guberniya Basic administrative/territorial unit of pre-Revolutionary Russia
1 desyatina = 1.0925 hektar; 1
hectar = 10,000 square meters
| CAMP | Desig-nation | Name of district camps | name of places: camp flats & volosts go= vernment | Post Address | Distance from camp flat | Distance from district city | Distance from gubernia city |
| 1st | 1st camp | Kobrin Yurizdika | city: Kobrin | 1 | 250 | ||
| 1st | Volost | Pruskovskaya | Cherepavchicy | city: Kobrin | 7 | 225 | |
| 1st | Volost | Rogoznyanskaya | village: Rogozina Hvidkovillage: | city: Kobrin | 11 | 17 | 230 |
| 1st | Volost | Zbirogovskaya | village: Zvirogi | city: Kobrin | 21 | 28 | 222 |
| 1st | Volost | Sehanovicheskaya | village: Stepanki | city: Kobrin | 19 | 26 | 210 |
| 1st | Volost | Strigovskaya | village: Stigovo | city: Kobrin | 14 | 10 | 210 |
| 1st | Volost | Kozischskaya | village: Kozischy | city: Kobrin | 21 | 14 | 195 |
| 1st | Volost | Podoleskaya | village: Eremichi | city: Kobrin | 17 | 10 | 200 |
| 1st | Volost | Zaleskaya | village: Zalese | city: Kobrin | 14 | 7 | 212 |
| 2nd | 2nd camp | place: Dyvin | place: Dyvin | 32 | 267 | ||
| 2nd | Volost | Dyvinskaya | place: Dyvin | place: Dyvin | 32 | 267 | |
| 2nd | Volost | Mokranskaya | village: Mokrany | Malorytskaya Railway Station. | 25 | 50 | 260 |
| 2nd | Volost | Verholeskaya | village: Novosely | city: Kobrin | 14 | 21 | 230 |
| 2nd | Volost | Bolotskaya | village: Lipec | city: Kobrin | 25 | 16 | 215 |
| 2nd | Volost | Ozyatskaya | village: Ozyaty | city: Kobrin | 21 | 21 | 215 |
| 3rd | 3rd camp | place: Antopol | place: Antopol | 30 | 277 | ||
| 3rd | Volost | Antopolskaya | place: Antopol | place: Antopol | 30 | 277 | |
| 3rd | Volost | Volvelskaya | village: Volovel | village: Krosuni | 15 | 45 | 230 |
| 3rd | Volost | Imeninskaya | village: Alekseevichi | place: Drogichin II | 16 | 46 | 210 |
| 3rd | Volost | Zelovskaya | village: Zelova | place: Gorodec | 5 | 35 | 212 |
| 3rd | Volost | Iloskaya | village: Grushevo | place: Gorodec | 4 | 26 | 212 |
| 3rd | Volost | Gorodeckaya | place: Gorodec | place: Gorodec | 8 | 21 | 268 |
| 4th | 4th camp | place: Drogichin II | place: Drogichin II | 55 | 301 | ||
| 4th | Volost | Drogichinskaya | place: Drogichin II | place: Drogichin II | 55 | 301 | |
| 4th | Volost | Homskaya | place: Homsk | place: Homsk | 18 | 55 | 301 |
| 4th | Volost | Bezdezhskaya | village: Bezdezh | place: Homsk | 18 | 64 | 215 |
| 4th | Volost | Opolskaya | village: Bezhezh | place: Homsk | 20 | 69 | 218 |
| 4th | Volost | Barashevichskaya | village: Barashevichi | place: Drogichin II | 11 | 44 | 218 |
| 4th | Volost | Ocoveckaya | village: Ocovcy | place: Drogichin II | 15 | 65 | 255 |
| 5th | 5th camp | place: Ivanovo | p, Ivanovo | 85 | 333 | ||
| 5th | Volost | Ivanovskaya | place: Ivanovo | place: Ivanovo | 85 | 333 | |
| 5th | Volost | Ivanovskaya | place: Ivanovo | place: Ivanovo | 14 | 70 | 250 |
| 5th | Volost | Vorocevichskaya | village: Vorocevichi | place: Ivanovo | 24 | 85 | 280 |
| 5th | Volost | Odrizhinskaya | village: Odrizhin | place: Ivanovo | 20 | 99 | 347 |
| 5th | Volost | Motoskaya | place: Motol | place: Ivanovo | 8 | 80 | 240 |
| 5th | Volost | Druzhilovichskaya | village: Dreuzhilovichki | place: Ivanovo | 21 | 91 | 250 |
| 5th | Volost | Osovnickaya | village: Osovnica | place: Ivanovo | 28 | 295 |
KOBRIN UEZD 1887 surnames and
occupation
| TOWN | OCCUPATION | SURNAME | First Name | Pharmacy Number |
| Ivanovo | pharmacy owner | Kalesinski | #43 | |
| Peredel | physician | Klinovski | Otton Kazimirovich | |
| Priluki | physician | Mantselevich | Lev Grigorjevich | |
| Kobrin | pharmacy owner | Miklashevich | #42 | |
| Antopol | pharmacy owner | Podolski | #44 | |
| Dragichin | pharmacy owner | Priffer | #45 | |
| Kobrin | physician | Raigrodski | Meer Veniaminovich | |
| Kobrin | pharmacy manager | Shidlovski | Vatslav | #42 |
Kobrin uezd towns:
Kobrin (Kobryn, Kovrin):
Kagan and Levin (Yiddish and Hebrew Encyclopedias of Lithuania): 7037.
Yizkor: Sefer Kobrin, 1951.
1880 Hamelitz article mentions eighth aniiversay of agricultural settlement "Kfar Bezdiz" near Kobrin (author: Moshe Levin of Kolonie Pavlova).
birthplace of artist Elias Mendel Gossman (1898-?), immigrated US in 1911.
There are 4 yizkor books on Kobrin:
-1951, the first book was published, written in Hebrew
-1953, a second book was published in Argentina, written in Yiddish.
-1992, the English translation of the 1951 book was published
-1996, a Spanish translation of
the 1953 Yiddish book was published in Argentina.