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 Compiled by Deborah G. Glassman
First Posting by DGG Dec 2004, Updates July 2005, Nov 2007, Winter 2008, May 2008. Most Recent Update November 2008. There are around 130 separate pages on this site in 2008, All copyright of each page (unless designated elsewhere on the specific page) is retained to Deborah G. Glassman.
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Deborah G. Glassman

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Seeing Larger Images We have created smaller versions of the maps to load this page more quickly at your end. Where more information can be gained by seeing a larger image, we have created links to the full image. Click on the Title of the Map to see the larger image. This gives you a larger image regardless of your browser choice. Those using Internet Explorer on larger maps (will not work with pictures less than around 700 pixels) should hover their cursor over the lower right hand corner until the Enlarge Icon appears, for an even better resolution.The Enlarge Icon looks like this


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Jurisdictions of Northwest Russia, 1795-1918
Jurisdictions of Russian Empire
Northwestern Districts 1795-1918


Lyakhovichi in Minsk Guberniya of the Russian Empire
Lyakhovichi in Minsk Guberniya of the Russian Empire

Western Russian Empire 1899
1899 Map of Russian Empire's Western Provinces


Russian Guberniyas 1897
1897 Map of Russian Guberniyas, detailed

1862 Western Russia
Western Russia 1862



The Map Room of the Lyakhovichi Research Site:
Sixteenth to Nineteenth Century Maps
by Deborah Glassman, copyright as completed 2004-2008


This is a page in our Geography section. Click the Geography button in the left-hand column for additional pages.

There are, so far, two Map Pages though other Maps are spread throughout the website.
Early Maps of Lyakhovichi
Twentieth Century Maps You are Here!



Maps Showing Lyakhovichi
These larger images in which Lyakhovichi appears can be further expanded by clicking on the title.
In those over a certain size, they can be expanded further with the Enlarge Icon described at the top of Column One.

1805 Map of Lyakhovichi area

View 1 - 1805 Map of Lyakhovichi and Vicinity
View 2 - same Map with English legend
This map (View Two) now enlarges to a high resolution. Click the title and hover your mouse in the right hand corner of the new page. Very clear, very detailed, in English. The legend from this map also appears in the description and analysis of this document by Dr. Lamdan, listed next.
Description and Analysis of the 1805 Map by Dr. Neville Lamdan
The legend, the locations, the names of all estates, villages, waterways, and landlords, from the map are also listed in tables on this page.

Palatinates of Nowogrodek and Brest, 1793
The Palatinates of Nowogrodek and Brest in 1793

Lyakhovichi is circled in red. Click the title to go to larger version.

1787 Map showing Lyakhovichi
1787 Map of the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Lyakhovichi is circled in red, click title to access larger version

Poland in Europe 1763
Historical illustration of "Poland in Europe in the year 1763"


Poland and Lithuania 1739
Poland and Lithuania 1739

Lyakhovichi is circled in Blue on the enlargment. Remember to use the expand icon that will appear on the lower right corner by holding your cursor there

Lachowicze is on the right hand side of the page near the castle of Klezk. Kletzk was a holding of the Radziwill who commissioned this map. The map was drawn around 1579.

 

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We would like to add more maps to this page, from more sources. Surveys, insurance maps, postal maps, et al, would be highly desirable. We will also happily link to your non-profit or educational institute's website if you have map resources about which you would like us to inform our readers. We will link to private websites depending on the types of advertising on that page and the safety status of that page determined by Google. Please contact us if you know of any maps or links that we could include. Send an email by clicking Contact Be sure to include Lyakhovichi in your subject area and let us know about resources that will make this page better.