Bobruisk District Historical Economic Summaries

Provided by
The Minsk Historical Genealogy Group
Oleg Perzashkevich, Director

Village of Shchedrin

by Oleg Perzashkevich and Sergey Rybchenok

Shchedrin before 1917

History

Before 1793 - Shchedrin, called also Shchodrin, was a shtetle in Rechitsa District of Minsk Province of Rech Pospolitaya, own by Polish King.

1793-1917 - Shchedrin was a shtetle in Russian Empire.

Since 1801 - Shchedrin was a shtetle in Bobruisk District of Minsk Empire, owned by State.

1844 - Jewish merchant of the 1st guild Shneyerson bought some land and part of the shtetle of Shchedrin from the State and founded there an agricultural colony.

Vital Statistics

Jewish Life

In 1844, after obtaining permission to live in rural area and to work on land, some Jewish families from that area rented the land from the Shchedrin owner Shneyerson and moved there.

Since 1880s as far as agricultural activity was not too popular among Shchedrin Jews, many of them returned to traditional life of local Jews: business and trade.

In 1898 there were 1558 (274 families) Jews rent 1853 hectares of land for money and worked as peasants, 2464 Jews were busy with trade and business.

In the early XX century there were 6 praying houses in Shchedrin.

Economic Review

Traditional activities of local population were agriculture, growing of flax and chopping of wood. Local Jews traditionally traded with fabrics there.

During Russian principality the authorities did a lot to develop the region because of military and fiscal reasons mostly. First of all, old road Parichi - Shchedrin - Stepi was reconstructed there.

In XIX, because of development of the All-Russian Market, new types of communications appeared in the area in 1873. Construction of the railroad and highways provoked new increase of development of local settlements. Since Shchedrin occurred on the strategic way from Central to Southern Belarus, those changes effect seriously on development of the Shtetle. Since the closest railway station was 17 km afar in Krasny Bereg, the old road Parichi - Stepi was lengthened to Krasny Bereg.

Since 1870s also telegraph station was located in Shchedrin.

In 1890 there were 470 wooden houses in Shchedrin.

Here is the List of major business and trade enterprises of Shchedrin for 1902.

In 1909 there were 620 wooden houses in Shchedrin.

General cultural information

At the end XX - beg. XX century in Shchedrin there was post office and telegraph station.

Closest synagogue and doctor were in Parichi (15 km).

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