History of the Lida area

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On this site

Description of Lida District, and references of genealogical interest available
Yeshivot in Belarus
Description of towns in Belarus
Description of official terms used in the Russian Era
Wages and buying power 1895-1905
Jewish agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire
There were some agricultural colonies in Lida district! The page authors have provided links back to our site.
Lists containing Jewish names from Lida Uezd in the Vilna Provincial Bulletins
Lida area men who did not report for military duty
Description of the economic state of Nowogrodek Wojed. in 1929.
Brief description of some of the organizations in Lida Uezd.

On the Web

History of Belarus Click on "History" Then click your browser's "back" button to return here
History of Lithuania
History of Jews in Poland
Map of the Pale of Settlement
Map of the Pale, with annotations on evictions and emigration
After World War II, peace did not return to the Lida area. Instead, the Russo-Polish War continued to 1920. This link is to a description of the war in the context of Lenin consolidating Communist power over what would be the USSR.
The Yizkor Book for Szczuczyn & four other nearby towns

In Books

Lida District Home Page

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