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Bobruisk District Historical Economic Summaries
Provided by
The Minsk Historical Genealogy Group
Oleg Perzashkevich, Director
Village of Parichi
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by Oleg Perzashkevich
Parichi before 1917
History
XVI century - Parichi was founded as a shtetle in Rechitsa District of Minsk Province of Great Lithuanian Princedom and a harbour on the bank of Berezina river.
Early XVII century - 1793 - Parichi was an average shtetle in Rech Pospolitaya. Jewish population appeared.
Since 1793 - Parichi was a shtetle in Russian Empire.
1795 - Russian Empress Catherine II the Great ordered to hand Parichi down to Admiral and Senator Pushchin.
1801-1917 - Parichi was a shtetle in Bobruisk District of Minsk Province.
1819 - Senator Pushchin built an Orthodox church of St. Spirit in stone in Parichi.
1860 - Generals wife Maria Pushchina founded a boarding-school for noble and girls and Orthodox priests daughters.
Vital Statistics
| Date | Jews | Non-Jews | Comments | % Total Pop. |
| 1st half of XVII century | Jewish population appeared | |||
| 1639 | 239 | Total population | No info | |
| 1847 | 1888 | No info | Totally in kahal | No info |
| 1897 | 3132 | 752 | Both sexes | 80.6% |
| 1909 | 4485 | Total population | No info | |
Jewish Life
In the beg. XX century in Parichi there were:
 | - a synagogue; |
| - 3 praying houses. |
Economic Review
Traditional activities of local Jewish population were trade with timber, vodka and flax fabrics. Since early time Berezina river was the main road and trade way for local habitants.
The shtetle began to develop in the 1st half of XVII century. In 1639 there were 43 wooden houses in Parichi. But the events of the XVII-XVIII centuries seriously hampered the development of Parichi economy and growth was stopped for a long time.
During Russian principality vodka trade was under state hard control and became less popular among Jewish businessmen. But Russian authorities did a lot to develop the region because of military and fiscal reasons mostly. First of all, old communications were reconstructed there:
| road Bobruisk - Parichi - Yakimova Sloboda - Rechitsa; |
| road Parichi - Zhlobin; |
| old harbour. |
Annually on October 14 Parichi held a fair.
In XIX, because of development of the All-Russian Market, new types of communications appeared in the area in 1873. Construction of the railroad provoked new increase of the development of the region. As far as Parichi was the main business and industrial centre on the strategic way from Central to Southern Belarus and in the region in general, those changes affect seriously the development of Parichi, even despite that the closest railway station was 30 km afar in Krasny Bereg.
Parichi main business object still was the harbour on Berezina river. Jewish business was the basis of Parichi economy.
In 1880 in Parichi there were:
| - over 100 houses; |
| - leather factory; |
| - rope factory. |
In 1900 the annual turnover of Parichi harbour was over 4,000 tons.
Cargo:
a) export - wood (main), tar, resin, turpentine;
b) import - salt.
Here is the list of major business and trade enterprises of Parichi and
the Subdistrict for 1902.
| Name of owner | Type of business | Religion |
| MARGOLIN Vulf son of Zelman | Tightrope factory (25 workers) | Jewish |
| SHAKHARATOV Yefim son of Yefim | Pharmacy | Orthodox |
| KHINITSA Itsko son of Yankelev | Pharmaceutical store | Jewish |
| KREYNIN Nokhim son of Leyb | Fabric store | Jewish |
| POCHIN Iosel son of Berko | Fabric store | Jewish |
| PODVALNY Iosel son of Movsha | Timber trade (Belitsa village) | Jewish |
Also there were big enough vodka and leather factories in Parichi, but we have no information about their owners. Also there was a loan-savings company that time in Parichi.
In 1909 in Parichi there were 520 houses.
General cultural information
In the late XIX - early XX century in Parichi there were:
| - Two Orthodox churches. |
| - Post office & telegraph station. |
| - Secondary school (for 25 students) for noble girls and priest daughters. That school was sponsored by Empress Maria, who donated 1,300 roubles and by a merchant Korolov, who donated 4,000 roubles for its foundation. The Empress also had been staying a patroness of that school before 1917. In that school girls studied: Orthodox theology essentials, Physics, Arithmetic, Geometry, History, Geography, Russian language, Literature, Pedagogy, Church singing, Calligraphy, Music, Fancy work, cutting out and needlework. |
| - Public primary school for boys. |
| - Public primary school for girls. |
| - Hospital in the secondary school (12 beds). During 1896 there were 126 patients in the hospital. 124 of them were cured, 2 died. Annual cost of maintenance of the hospital was 420 roubles 0 kopecks. |
| - Public hospital (10 beds). During 1896 there were 96 patients in the hospital. 94 of them were cured, 1 died, 1 stayed for the next year. Annual cost of maintenance of the hospital was 2,475 roubles 0 kopecks.) |
| - Two doctors. |
| - Pharmacy. |
Copyright 1997-1998 Oleg Perzashkevich
Reproduced for the web with permission. All rights reserved. Any use of this material is
prohibited without permission from:
Minsk Historical Genealogy Group
Republic of Belarus
Minsk - 07, Zhukovskogo 9-2-190
Phone: 375-17-2240560
e-mail: minskhist@yahoo.com
