BARAVOYE, BOROVOYE

There is reason to believe that this settlement already existed in the 15th century. For instance, on May 31, 1412, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas, granted his entire Ubarć* domain with all its villages and possessions (without listing them) to Vilnius Bishop Mikalaj (Nicholas) and his successors. The hearth tax register from Ubarć “in the Kyiv powiat (district)” for 1581 only outlines this volost (district) as consisting of 10 villages, which are fully listed in the 1763 inventory of the Ubarć estate, and among them is the village of Baravoye.

• 1763, January 3: “Barova” (“Borowa”), a village of the Ubarć estate, Mazyr* powiat of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius Bishopric. 17 hearths (dym), 70 male peasants (named list). The peasants had 28 oxen and 7 horses. The tribute from the village amounted to 86 vadders* of honey, 17 bundles of mushrooms, 8 osmin* each of rye, barley, and buckwheat, 8 vadders* each of wheat and peas, 17 osmin* of oats, 28 quarts of millet, 17 quarts each of poppy seeds, hemp, and fish, 17 cartloads of hay, 100 cartloads of firewood, and 156 Lithuanian zlotys in quitrent.
• 1775, October: Barova (“Borowa”), village of the Ubarć estate, Vilnius Bishopric. 20 hearths.
• 1777, January 20: Baravoye, village of the parish of the “Milačevičy*” Church, Turaŭ Diocese, Ubarć Deanery. 19 households.
• 1787, February 19: “Barova” (“Borowe”), village. 20 households.
• 1789: 25 hearths, 174 inhabitants (from 1 to 16 years – 36 male and 39 female; from 16 to 30 – 25 male and 23 female; from 30 to 45 – 12 male and 15 female; from 45 to 60 – 3 male and 7 female; over 60 years old – 9 male and 5 female).
• 1795, February 16: Baravaya, a registered village of the state-owned Ubarć estate, Mazyr* uyezd (district), Russian Empire. According to the census, 75 male and 74 female inhabitants.
• 1800: “Baravaya”, a village of the Ubarć estate, granted to Count Yakov Sievers from the possessions of the Vilnius Bishopric. 24 homesteads (82 male and 84 female).
• 1808: Baravoye, a settlement of the Milaševičy* estate, which was purchased by landowner Flor Bulhak after the division of the Ubarć estate into parts.
• 1819: Baravoye, village. 107 inhabitants. Owner: landowner Karl Wagner.
• 1821, June 1: Baravoye, an estate, likely separated from the Milaševičy* estate. Geometric plan of the estate. It can be assumed that the peasants had 392 desiatinas* of arable land.
• 1838: 15 homesteads, 137 inhabitants.
• 1843: Baravoye, estate of landowner Pavel Wagner. Pledge of two plots of unpopulated land for state contracts (Rogsky and Ranenburg liquor tax farms).
• 1847, March 31: Baravoye (“Borovoye”), village, folwark (farmstead), estate of landowner Pavel Wagner, who managed the farm himself. In the village: 20 full peasant farms and 2 market gardener households, 132 inhabitants (58 male and 74 female, named list); 29 male and 35 female are working, 29 male and 39 female are not working. The peasants had 60 draft oxen, 39 cows, 45 bullocks, 44 heifers, 93 sheep, 65 head of hornless cattle, 201 beehives with bees and 437 empty ones; 292 desiatinas* of arable and 118 desiatinas* of hayfield land.
  • November 3: The Minsk Provincial Administration schedules a public sale of two plots (36 and 8 desiatinas*) of the mortgaged land to collect arrears on state contracts.
• 1848, January 20: No one appeared at the public auction at the Minsk Provincial Administration where the unpopulated land of the Baravoye estate was put up for sale to cover the state arrears.
• 1849, January 1: “Baravoye” (“Borovoye”), village.
• 1850 (1866): Baravoye (“Borovoye”), village on the Litoša* River. 43 homesteads. The “Borovoy” folwark is 2 versts* from the village.
• 1856, June 13: Public auctions, at which the Baravoye estate was put up, also did not take place, as no one was found willing to buy it in its entirety.
• 1858, January 28: New unconditional public auctions at the Minsk Provincial Administration, where the Baravoye estate was again put up for sale.
• 1859, October 13: At the public auction for the Baravoye estate, the offered price was lower than the appraised value, so the Senate Department questioned the auction results. According to the map, “Barovaye” (“Borowe”).
• 1860, July 17: Baravoye, estate. At the decisive public auction in the St. Petersburg Provincial Administration, it was purchased by Titular Councillor Leonard Zenkevich.
• 1862: Baravaya, village, center of the Barawskaye Society, estate of landowner L. Zenkevich. In the village: 26 homesteads, 65 male revision souls of peasants (named list).
• 1865: Construction of a church in the name of the Holy Trinity in the village cemetery, replacing a chapel, funded by Second Lieutenant Henryk Jakubowski.
• 1867: Baravaya (“Borovaya”), village. 9 versts* from the Milaševičy* church. 57 Orthodox inhabitants.
• 1870, January 1: Baravaya (“Borovaya”), village, center of the peasant society, estate (“Borovoye”) of the Tonaž* volost, landowner Zenkevich. 15 versts* from the volost administration. 87 peasant proprietors. Parish of the Milaševičy* church.
• 1875: Baravoye, estate of landowner Leonard Zenkevich. Land: 89 desiatinas* suitable, 150 desiatinas* forest, and 1100 desiatinas* unsuitable.
• 1876: Baravoye, estate of landowner Leonard Zenkevich.
• 1879: Baravoye, village. 28 homesteads, 235 inhabitants. Parish of the Milaševičy* church.
• 1886: Baravoye, village of Tonaž* volost “on the Litoša* River”. 28 homesteads, 204 inhabitants. Church, mill.
• 1889: “Borovoye”, village and estate of Tonaž* volost. 24 versts* from the village of Tonaž and 58 versts* from the small town (miastečka) of Turaŭ.
• 1897: “Borovoye”, village of the Barawskaye Society, Tonaž* volost, on a country road, “on the Litoš* River”. Church, grain reserve store. Tailor, cobbler. Water mill. 68 homesteads, 539 inhabitants, of which 277 male and 262 female. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, 554 inhabitants, of which 82 Jews.
• 1898: Painting of the church inside and out.
• 1909: Baravoye, village of Tonaž* volost. 25 versts* from the volost center. 108 homesteads, 742 inhabitants.
• 1910: Lawsuit by peasant P. Doŭbaš against M. Budkaŭec for the allocation of ½ part of the land plot due from the defendant.
• 1911: According to the school network plan, the Barawskaye Zemstvo School was opened in Tonaž* volost.
• 1913: Baravy (“Borovoy”), folwark.
• 1915: Baravoye (“Borovoye”), village. 50 homesteads. Adjacent to the khutor (hamlet) Baravy.
• 1916: Baravoye, village. 10 versts* from the parish Milaševičy* church. 88 ½ homesteads, 732 inhabitants (353 male and 379 female). Zemstvo one-class school.
• 1917: Baravoye (“Borovoye”), village of Tonaž* volost. 25 versts* from the volost center. 131 homesteads, 871 inhabitants (432 male and 439 female): 719 Belorussians, 152 others.
• 1924, July 17: Baravoye, village, center of the Barawskaye Village Council (selsoviet) of Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district, Mazyr* okrug. 239 households, 1360 inhabitants.
• 1925: “Baravoye”, center of the village council. 239 households, 1360 inhabitants. School in the Belorussian language: 64 students (50 boys and 14 girls): 52 Belorussians, 12 others. 3 desiatinas* of arable land and 0.25 desiatinas* of vegetable garden.
• 1929: Organization of the kolkhoz “12 God Kastryčnika” (12th Year of October).
• 1930: Barove (“Borowe”), village on the Litoša* River.
• 1934: Barawskaye Jewish school.
• 1935: Baravoye, village of Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district.
• 1937: Barawskaye butter factory.
• 1939: “Before the war, the Barawskaye forest mechanization point was very large. A large garage for 24 vehicles. 36 pairs of draft power. A well-equipped auto repair shop. Club. Canteen. Its own oil engine with a circular saw installation, which prepared chunks for gas-generator vehicles and boards for construction.”
• 1940: Baravoye (“Borovoye”), village.
• 1941, September: German occupation.
• 1942: The village was burned by German punitive forces. The church building remained intact.
• 1944, January: Liberation of the village from German occupation.
• 1954, January 8: Center of the Barawskaye Village Council.
• 1959, December 22: Abolition of the Barawskaye Village Council.
• 1980, January 5: “Borovoye”, village with 2 parts. 371 inhabitants. Forestry office, school.
• 1986: Baravoye, village of the Markawskaye Village Council, Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district, part of the kolkhoz “Zviazda” (Star).
• 1995: 412 homesteads, 1380 inhabitants.
• 1996: Baravoye, village of Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district, on the Ubarć* River. Center of the village council and kolkhoz. 22 km southwest of Lielčycy (Lelchitsy), 231 km from Homiel (Gomel), 56 km from the Sliačečna railway station, on the Lielčycy – Hluškavičy highway. Secondary school, House of Culture, library, post office.
• 1998: Construction of a new wooden church in the name of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on the site of the old one, demolished in 1995.
• 1999, January 1: Baravoye (“Borovaye”), village, center of the Barawskaye Village Council, Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district. Secondary school. 419 households, 1197 inhabitants, of which 405 are working, 291 children under 15, 297 pensioners. According to the census of February 16, 1207 inhabitants (582 male and 625 female).
  • April 29: Solemn conciliar service on the occasion of the opening of the Orthodox church built on the site of the old church.

According to the testimony of local residents, the old village was located closer to the river (on the road to Lielčycy, on the right 2-3 km before the swamp): “A cemetery is still preserved there. People moved to the present location of the village, and Jews remained to live in the old village. A new church is being built on the site of the previous one (according to legend, it was built by 7 brothers from Ukraine). Previously, the priest came here from the village of Milaševičy. The toponym Baravoye comes from the word bor (pine forest) – a settlement in the pine forest, on the Ubarć* River.”