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Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя - Towns and Villages in Belarus: An Encyclopedia

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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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)

In 1510, King Sigismund I the Elder (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 (каролъ Ян III Сабескi) issues charter for Yurevichi town in 1683.
November 1920 pogrom led by 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.

Confirm translation of “household” vs “house”/“buildings”. The census figures may actually be referring to buildings, not families.

1834: the town had 51 households and the village 66 households.
1848: 115 households
1866: 134 households
1897¹⁾
- Town: 201 households, 1320 people
- Village: 108 households and 600 people
1930
- Town: 114 households, 463 residents
- Villages Yurevichi-1 and Yurevichi-2: 300 households, 1537 residents
1939: 2546 residents

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

Boguslaw Askerko (Багуслаў Аскерка) - 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 acres (дзесяціна зямлi) and horse-powered grain mill

Late 1800s: Farming, trading of crafts including pottery
1897²⁾
- 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)³⁾

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References 1897 Census

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A coarse-grind grain mill for the production of porridge from cereals, such as kasha from buckwheat