Subject: Jewish Population for Towns in Minsk Guberniya
From: <Vcharny@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 11:47:54 EDT
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Note: The Jewish population figure is first on the first table and second on the second table. (Ed.)
Data 1897-1898
| Place | Jews | All Population | Other |
| Minsk Gubernia | 345015 | (2147621) | |
| Among them in towns | 133617 | (224945) | |
| 1.Minsk Uyezd | 65029 | (277149) | |
| Minsk | 47561 | (90912) | |
| 2.Bobruisk Uyezd | 49708 | (255935) | |
| Bobruisk | 20759 | (34366) | |
| 3.Borisov Uyezd | 26822 | (238231) | |
| Borisov | 7722 | (15063) | |
| Dokshitsi | 2762 | (3642) | |
| 4.Igumen Uyezd | 28919 | (234792) | |
| Igumen | 2817 | (4573) | (Cherven’ in Soviet time - vc) |
| 5.Mozyr Uyezd | 29508 | (181161) | |
| Mozyr | 5631 | (8076) | |
| 6.Novogrudok Uyezd | 30482 | (247320) | |
| Novogrudok | 5015 | (7887) | |
| 7.Pinsk Uyezd | 45119 | (230763) | |
| Pinsk | 21065 | (28368) | |
| 8.Rechitsa Uyezd | 28522 | (221771) | |
| Rechitsa | 5334 | (9280) | |
| 9.Slutsk Uyezd | 40906 | (260499) | |
| Slutsk | 10264 | (14349) | |
| Nesvizh | 4687 | (8459) |
Other Minsk Gubernia settlements with Jewish population over 500.
| Place | All Population | Jews | |
| Berezino | 4871 | (3377) | |
| Bragin | 4311 | (2254) | |
| Vselyub | 1306 | (645) | |
| Vyzna | 1593 | (532) | |
| Glusk | 5328 | (3801) | |
| Gorval’ | 2146 | (832) | |
| Gorodeya | 754 | (688) | |
| Gorodishche | 2631 | (2108) | |
| Gorodno | 2291 | (562) | (do not mix with Grodno or Hrodna - vc) |
| Grozov | 928 | (765) | |
| Davyd-Gorodok | 7815 | (3087) | |
| Dukora | 1358 | (604) | |
| Zembin | 1186 | (1037) | |
| Ivenets | 2670 | (1343) | |
| Kalenkovichi | 1341 | (1341) | |
| Kletsk | 4684 | (3415) | |
| Kovchitsi | 544 | (528) | |
| Kozhan-Gorodok | 3294 | (1597) | |
| Koidanovo | 4744 | (3156) | (Dzerzhinsk in Soviet time - vc) |
| Komarin | 550 | (547) | |
| Kopatkevichi | 1768 | (1310) | |
| Kopyl’ | 4463 | (2671) | |
| Korelichi | 2559 | (1840) | |
| Krasnoluki | 787 | (519) | |
| Lapichi | 750 | (736) | |
| Lakhva (Peski) | 2426 | (1057) | |
| Lenin | 1173 | (753) | (I was greatly surprised to find out that the name was not of Soviet time-vc) |
| Logishin | 3336 | (1587) | |
| Logoisk | 2296 | (1442) | |
| Love | 4667 | (2150) | |
| Lyuban’ | 766 | (732) | |
| Lyubeshov | 2739 | (1888) | |
| Lyubcha | 3374 | (2463) | |
| Lyakhovichi | 5016 | (3846) | |
| Mir | 5401 | (3319) | |
| Mysh’ (Novaya M.) | 2995 | (1764) | |
| Narovlya | 1145 | (1060) | |
| Ozarichi | 1356 | (1308) | |
| Ostrshitskiy Gorodok | 1115 | (760) | (an error in the book - should be Ostroshitskiy G.- vc) |
| Petrikov | 5538 | (2515) | |
| Pleshchenitsi | 1086 | (884) | |
| Plotnitsa | 1993 | (632) | |
| Pogost | 1525 | (704) | |
| Pogost ( Pogost vtoroy = Pogost the Second - vc) | 863 | (685) | |
| Pogost Zagorsky | 846 | (593) | |
| Pogost Zarechny | 762 | (450) | |
| Polonka | 645 | (549) | |
| Pukhovichi | 1910 | (1751) | |
| Razvodovo | 4692 | (2171) | |
| Rakov | 3641 | (2168) | |
| Rubezhevichi | 1482 | (912) | |
| Rubel’ | 2617 | (500) | |
| Sverzhen’ (Novy Sverzhen’) | 1752 | (732) | |
| Svisloch’ | 1787 | (1120) | |
| Seliba | 932 | (893) | |
| Serniki | 2549 | (932) | |
| Smilovichi | 3133 | (2094) | |
| Smolevichi | 3037 | (1927) | |
| Snov | 707 | (526) | |
| Starobin | 2315 | (1494) | |
| Stvolovichi | 929 | (515) | |
| Stolin | 3342 | (2489) | |
| Stolitsi | 3754 | (2409) | (An error in the book - should be Stolbtsi - vc) |
| Telekhany | 2558 | (1508) | |
| Timkiovichi | 2393 | (1523) | |
| Turets | 1616 | (737) | |
| Turov | 4290 | (2253) | |
| Ugarichi | 3884 | (3132) | |
| Uzda | 2756 | (2068) | |
| Uzlyany (Polyany) | 690 | (658) | |
| Khoiniki | 2685 | (1668) | |
| Kholmech | 2315 | (1380) | |
| Kholopenichi | 2254 | (1343) | |
| Shatsk | 967 | (810) | |
| Shchedrin | 4234 | (4022) | |
| Yurevichi | 1577 | (1287) |
The data are from the book: "Raspredelenie naseleniya mest Rossiyskoy Imperii po chislennosti naseleniya. Vseobshchaya perepis’. Materialy ob economicheskom polozhenii evreev v Rossii.(1898) (ed. Evr.Kol.O-va) The data also has been used in "Evreiskaya Entsiklopediya" ( "Jewish Encyclopedia" in Russian) (1913) -- available in major libraries.
Vitaly Charny
Birmingham, AL