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 ====== Yurevichi, Belarus ====== ====== Yurevichi, Belarus ======
 An oasis in the marshlands of [[geography:regions:polesie|Polesia]], Yurevichi was a small town surrounded by forests and the [[:geography:regions:Pripyat Marshes]] and dominated by a rain-soaked autumn, a harsh, snow-covered winter and a flooded, swampy spring that rendered the region virtually impassable for most of the year.  Located 168m above sea level near an important East-West trade route between Poland and the Black Sea, the town was pillaged and destroyed by Mongols and Tartars in the medieval period and invaded and occupied by Napoleonic, Russian, German, Bolshevik and Polish forces during modern times. An oasis in the marshlands of [[geography:regions:polesie|Polesia]], Yurevichi was a small town surrounded by forests and the [[:geography:regions:Pripyat Marshes]] and dominated by a rain-soaked autumn, a harsh, snow-covered winter and a flooded, swampy spring that rendered the region virtually impassable for most of the year.  Located 168m above sea level near an important East-West trade route between Poland and the Black Sea, the town was pillaged and destroyed by Mongols and Tartars in the medieval period and invaded and occupied by Napoleonic, Russian, German, Bolshevik and Polish forces during modern times.
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-<WRAP center round box 90%> +=== Alternative Names ===
-== Alternative Names ==+
   ; English   ; English
   : Yurovichi, Yuravitch ((Source: [[:sources:WOWW:|Where Once We Walked]]))   : Yurovichi, Yuravitch ((Source: [[:sources:WOWW:|Where Once We Walked]]))
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   : ((Source: [[:sources:hsl:start|Hebrew Subscription Lists]])) יוראָוויצע   : ((Source: [[:sources:hsl:start|Hebrew Subscription Lists]])) יוראָוויצע
  
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-== Not the Same As ==+=== Not the Same As ===
   ; Jurowce   ; Jurowce
   : Located in the Gmina Wasilków district, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland   : Located in the Gmina Wasilków district, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland
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-== Other Identifiers  ==+=== Other Identifiers  ===
   ; Coordinates   ; Coordinates
   : 51°57' N, 29°32' E ((Source: [[:sources:WOWW:|Where Once We Walked]]))   : 51°57' N, 29°32' E ((Source: [[:sources:WOWW:|Where Once We Walked]]))
   ; Kagen Number   ; Kagen Number
   : 4055 ((Source: [[:sources:HSL:|Hebrew Subscription Lists]]))   : 4055 ((Source: [[:sources:HSL:|Hebrew Subscription Lists]]))
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 +==== Maps ====
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 +=== Iourevitchi in 1835 ===
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 +[[:geography:maps:david_rumsey_historical_map_collection:soc_diff_useful_knowledge_russia_in_europe_part_v._1835|{{:society-1835-excerpt.png}}]]
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 +=== Yurevichi Today ===
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 +<olmap id="yurevichi" width="500px" height="290px" lat="51.94167" lon="29.52586" zoom="8" statusbar="0" toolbar="0" controls="1" poihoverstyle="1" baselyr="google relief" summary="Yurevichi Modern Map">
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 ===== Beginnings of the Jewish Community ====== ===== Beginnings of the Jewish Community ======
  
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 Feigin family, including Litman (motel) Feigin. Feigin family, including Litman (motel) Feigin.
  
-===== Russification =====+==== Russification ====
   * attempt to minimize influence of Polish culsture and Jewish economic role   * attempt to minimize influence of Polish culsture and Jewish economic role
   * closing of Catholic monasteries and opening Orthodox ones   * closing of Catholic monasteries and opening Orthodox ones
   * Conscription at age 8 to serve 25 years from age 18.  "cantonists".   * Conscription at age 8 to serve 25 years from age 18.  "cantonists".
  
-==== Emancipation of the Serfs ===-+==== Emancipation of the Serfs ====
  
   * attempt to diffuse hostility to monarchy; attempt to win support of peasants by Russian tsar   * attempt to diffuse hostility to monarchy; attempt to win support of peasants by Russian tsar
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   * rise in standards of living   * rise in standards of living
  
-===== Notes =====+==== Notes ====
  
   * Conflict with Catholics. destruction of Jesuit church.  Conversion of the church to Orthodox.   * Conflict with Catholics. destruction of Jesuit church.  Conversion of the church to Orthodox.
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   * Catholic presence...Orthodox   * Catholic presence...Orthodox
   * Oskierky estate   * Oskierky estate
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 ===== End of the Russian Empire ===== ===== End of the Russian Empire =====
  
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    * result in Jewish population without means to support themselves and families if they lived outside the mestechkos    * result in Jewish population without means to support themselves and families if they lived outside the mestechkos
    * forced out of villages into "meschekos" as a way to concentrate Jewish population.  Result was in competition between Jewish merchants and crafts (too many blacksmiths for a town) and inability to make a living.  Impoverishment.    * forced out of villages into "meschekos" as a way to concentrate Jewish population.  Result was in competition between Jewish merchants and crafts (too many blacksmiths for a town) and inability to make a living.  Impoverishment.
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 +==== Civil War ====
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 +  * Baluk-Balakovich attack. Sarah Suchman's recollections.  Statement from [[sources:books:mkd:a_patriot_an_explorer_a_scientist|p. 182 - A patriot, an explorer, a scientist]]
 ===== Soviet Terror ===== ===== Soviet Terror =====
 ===== German Terror ===== ===== German Terror =====
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