• History of settlements

    AZYARETS, OZERETS

    1897: Stary Azyarets (“Old Ozerets”), a khutor (hamlet) in Buinavichy volost (administrative unit), by a small lake. 4 households, 24 inhabitants (11 male and 13 female).1912, February 26: Azyarets (“Ozerets”), a khutor in Buinavichy volost.1917: Azyarets (Ozerets), a khutor in the Buinavichy association (t-va), 4 versts (approx. 4.3 km) from the village of Buinavichy. The head of the household was peasant M. F. Korbut, who bought 177 dessiatinas (approx. 193 hectares) of land from landowner A. Lapushynski. 45 heads of livestock. Sown areas: 30 poods (approx. 491 kg) of winter rye, 3 poods (approx. 49 kg) of barley, 15 poods…

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    ADRYNKA, ODRINKA

    1897: Adrynka (“Odrinka”), a khutor (hamlet) in Buinavichy volost (administrative unit), by the Ubarts river. 8 households, 49 inhabitants (28 male and 21 female).1909: Adrynka (“Adrinka”), a khutor in Buinavichy volost. 6 versts (approx. 6.4 km) from the volost center, 16 versts (approx. 17 km) from the post office in Lyelchitsy. 6 households, 31 inhabitants.1917: Adrynka (“Adrinka”), a khutor in Buinavichy volost. 7 versts (approx. 7.5 km) to the volost center. 10 households (37 male and 33 female): 70 Belarusians.1925: Adrynka (“Odrinka”), a khutor in Buinavichy village council (selsoviet) of Lyelchitsy district. 5 km from the village council, 17 km…

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    ABORKI, OBORKI

    1930: Aborki (“Oborki”), a khutor (hamlet) located 6.5 km south of the village Loknitsa in Lyelchitsy district. It does not exist now.An “abora” was the name for an ancient farm building (a large shed) for cows or a fenced-off paddock for livestock on a pasture. It is probable that the settlement was founded on the site of a cattle keeping facility, from which it got its corresponding name. The surrounding swamp has the same name, Aborki.

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    SIMANICHY

    According to the redemption acts, the estate of Simanichy (3 revision souls of male servants) belonged to Ivan Vishneuski, and in Zalesse (34 souls of male peasants) of this estate — to Anton, Adam, Hipolit, Viktor, and Luciya Vishneuski. In total, 152 dessiatinas of suitable land and 33 dessiatinas of unsuitable land were allocated to the peasants. The total redemption loan amount was 1218 rubles and 25 kopecks. In 1865-1866, a case was initiated concerning the secondment of the Mozyr district surveyor Glushkov to survey for the maps the allocation of a part of the Simanichy estate, which belonged to…