====== Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя - Towns and Villages in Belarus: An Encyclopedia ======
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  * //Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя//. Т.1, кн.1. Гомельская вобласць/С. В. Марцэлеў; Рэдкалегія: Г. П. Пашкоў (галоўны рэдактар) і інш. — Мн.: БелЭн, 2004. 632с.: іл. Тыраж 4000 экз. ISBN 985-11-0303-9 ISBN 985-11-0302-0
  * //Harady i vioski Bielarusi: Encyklapiedyja//. T.1, kn.1. Homieĺskaja voblasć/S. V. Marcelieŭ; Redkaliehija: H. P. Paškoŭ (haloŭny redaktar) i inš. — Mn.: BielEn, 2004. 632s.: il. Tyraž 4000 ekz. ISBN 985-11-0303-9 ISBN 985-11-0302-0
  * //Towns and villages in Belarus: An Encyclopedia//. Volume 1, Book 1. Gomel region / S. B. Martselev; Editorial Board: GP PASHKOV (Editor), and others. - Mn.: BelEn, 2004. 632s.: Il. Circulation of 4,000 copies. ISBN 985-11-0303-9 ISBN 985-11-0302-0

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    * [[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8_(%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD)|Russian-language Wikipedia article about Yurevichi that cites this source]]
  * [[http://nypl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/16166264052907_harady_i_vioski_belarusi|Location of the Encyclopedia in the New York Public Library]]
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==== Geography ====

  * Yurevichi is located 167.5m above sea level
  * Marina on River Pripyat about 1km away

==== History ====

=== Antiquity ===

  * Site of iron age settlement

=== Medieval Period ===

  * Tartar and Mongol raids around 1240 burned down a fortified castle that stood in this area.
  * Early city may have been called Vidolichy (Вiдолiчы) or Mezhymostse (Межымосце)

=== Modern Period ===

  * In 1510, King Sigismund I the Elder ([[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4_I|Жыгiмонт I Cтары]]) gives "for eternity" the village of Yurovichi to his official Bogdan Serbinavu (Багдану Сербiнаву)
  * Jesuits arrive in second-half of the 17th century. Wooden monastery built c.1673.  Two-story stone monastery later built in 1700s.
  * King John III Sobieski ([[wp>John_III_Sobieski|каролъ Ян III Сабескi]]) issues charter for Yurevichi town in 1683.
  * November 1920 pogrom led by [[wp>Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz|Bułak-Bałachowicz (банды Булак-Балаховіча)]] "gang" killed 18 "people"
  * Orphanage opens in 1928
  * In 1936, a folk choir is formed and becomes widely known
  * "Belorussian Patriotic War"
    * April 1943 guerrillas defeat the stronghold that the Germans created in the town. Fighting around the village killed 312 soldiers, who were burried in a mass grave.
    * 188 Yurevichi residents killed on the front lines and partisan struggle. An obelisk memorial erected in 1967.

==== Population ====

The population figures are for "двор", which comprises an extended family, residential building, stables, farm animals and equipment.  We will refer to "двор" as "homestead".

  * 1834: 
    * Town: 66 homesteads (двор)
    * Village: 51 homesteads 
  * 1848: 115 homesteads 
  * 1866: 134 homesteads 
  * 1897((References 1897 Census))
    * Town: 201 homesteads , 1320 people
    * Village: 108 homesteads and 600 people
  * 1930
    * Town: Yurevichi-1 and Yurevichi-2: 300 homesteads, 1537 residents
    * Village: 114 homesteads, 463 residents
  * 1939: 2546 residents

==== Schools ====

  * 1865 Men's technical college (народны вучылiшча), built by Boguslaw Askerko. There are 45 students in 1885.
  * 1875 Woman's trade school (Дзейнiчала жаночае вучылiшча), built by Boguslaw Askerko, opens.  There are 25 pupils by 1885.
  * 1897 Census 
    * Town: 2 religious schools (малітоўныя школы)
    * Village: 2 town schools (народны вучылішчы)
  * 1935 Original town schools now have 7 grades with 504 pupils

==== Gentry ====

  * Boguslaw Askerko (Багуслаў Аскерка) - Fiefdom lord who gave money in 1866 to rebuild Jesuit church in Orthodox style, 1865 to found a men's technical college and 1875 to found a women's trade school.
  * Bakunenka (Бакуненка) - Estate owner who owned 3590 desyatina (дзесяціна зямлi)((Measurement of land equivalent to 2.7 acres)) and horse-powered grain mill

==== Commerce ====
  * Late 1800s: Farming, trading of crafts including pottery
    * Askerko was a major landlord with serfs working on his estate
  * 1897((References 1897 Census))
    * Town: 40 shops (лавак), 4 tanneries (майстэрні па апрацоўцы скуры), 2 taverns (карчмы)
    * Village: Postal telegraph office, pharmacy, bakery or bread store (хлебазапасны магазін), 2 windmills (ветракі), horse farm (конны млын) and tavern (карчма). A farm named Yurovichi was nearby.
  * 1930 Collectives "Red Banner" (Чырвоны Сцяг) and "Drummer" (Ударнік)
    * Brick and pottery
    * Blacksmith
    * Shoemaker
    * Sheepskin cooperative
    * Steam and windmills
    * 2 forges
    * "Kruparushka" (крупарушка)((A coarse-grind grain mill for the production of porridge from cereals, such as kasha from buckwheat))