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Bobruisk District Historical Economic Summaries
Provided by
The Minsk Historical Genealogy Group
Oleg Perzashkevich, Director
Village of Urechye
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Urechye before 1917
History
XVI century - Urechye was founded as a shtetle in Novogrudok District of Novogrudok Province of Great Lithuanian Princedom. That time it was a posession of Dukes Olelkovich.
Late XVI - 1814 - Urechye was a posession of Slutsk and Nesvizh branches of Radzivill family (major magnate family of Great Lithuanian Princedom). Jewish population appeared.
1712 - Urechye was rented from Radzivills by Yan Kruger - Vostovsky (official of Mozyr District of Minsk Province of Great Lithuanian Princedom) and his wife Yefrosinya Meleshko. The rent price was 25 000 zlotys.
1741- Duke Stanislav-Karol Radzivill "Pane Kohanku" founded a glass manufacturing in Urechye.
Since 1793 - Urechye was a shtetle in Russian Empire.
1801-1917 - Urechye was a shtetle in Bobruisk District of Minsk Province.
1812 - Urechye glass manufacturing was closed.
1814-1870s - Urechye was a posession of Dukes Wittgenstein.
1820s - local believers built wooden Orthodox church of St. Nicholas.
1870s-1917 - Urechye was a posession of Counts Hohenloe.
Vital Statistics
| Date | Jews | Non-Jews | Comments | % Total Pop. |
| Late XVI century | Jewish population appeared | |||
| 1897 | 483 | 26 | Both sexes | 94.9% |
| 1909 | 473 | Total population | No info | |
Jewish Life
Since the 2nd half of the XIXth century Jewish community of Urechye had their own mayor. That mayor was elected by local Jews. In 1896 Jewish mayor was PESIN Shmuylo son of Abram.
In the beg. XX century there were 2 praying houses in Urechye.
Economic Review
Traditional activities of local Jewish population were trade with timber, vodka, wild honey, fish and mushrooms. Since early time Berezdenka river was the main road and trade way for local habitants.
The shtetle of Urechye began to develop after Radzivill family became its owner. After the Glass Manufacturing was found there by Stanislav-Karol Radzivill, Urechye became the famous place all over Rech Pospolitaya, because Urechye glass decorated Nesvizh Palace of Radzilvills (Radzivills main residence), Mir castle (Radzivill Second residence) and many other residences of nobility of Rech Pospolitaya. In the middle XVIII century 44-64 serfs worked at Urechye glass manufacture as workers.
During Russian principality the authorities did a lot to develop the region because of military and fiscal reasons mostly. First of all, old communications were reconstructed there:
 | road Luban - Urechye - Slutsk |
| road Urechye - Starobin. |
| Old boat and rafts station was renovated. |
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. Urechye became a railway station on Libava-Romny railroad appendix. But the station was used for wood transportation from the region and it did not effect positively on economical development of the Shtetle. Moreover, Urechye population was diminished by 20% by 1910.
In 1882 there were 70 wooden houses in Urechye.
In the early XX century there was relatively big vodka factory in Urechye.
In 1909 in Urechye there were 60 wooden houses.
General cultural information
In the late XIX - early XX century in Urechye there were:
| Orthodox church of St. Nicholas |
| Roman Catholic Chapel |
| post office |
Copyright 1997-1998 Oleg Perzashkevich
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