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Broad project to list European immigrants from any European country. From any European country and any date (Century). Everyone is welcome to collaborate and add more profiles.
The Minsk Ghetto was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was one of the largest in Eastern Europe , and the largest in the German-occupied territory of the Soviet Union. It housed close to 100,000 Jews, most of whom perished in The Holocaust. The ghetto was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union and capture of the city of Minsk, capital of the Belo...
Volhynia (Polish: Wołyń, Ukrainian: Волинь, romanized: Volyń, French: La Volhynie, Latin Lodomérie ) is a historical region in Central and Eastern Europe, situated between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. While the region's borders are not clearly defined, the territory still carries the name is Volyn Oblast, located in western Ukraine. Volhynia has changed hand...
Проект Белоруссия Области Брестская | Витебская | Гомельская | Гродненская | Минская | Могилёвская | Horki | | и город Минск не входящий ни в одну область.
The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress Poland's military academy revolted, led by lieutenant Piotr Wysocki. They were soon join...
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century until 1795, when its territory was occupied by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania included the lands of much of the former Kievan Rus and other neighboring states, including present-day Lithuania , Belarus , most of Ukraine , and parts of...
Welcome!=This project is intended to facilitate genealogical and historical collaboration among those interested in the Jewish Kugel ( Hebrew: Kohel ) family of the Minsk region of Belarus. particularly the villages of Pleshchenitsy, Logoysk and Borisov.How can you participate?(1) Add your branches to the Geni tree. This is a 100% shared collaboration and the tree belongs to all of us. Please d...
This is an umbrella project, listing all of the sub-projects on Jews from towns in the Borisov uezd (county) of the Minsk District of Belarus. Our goal is to set up a project page for each of the communities, and include links to families from those communities on the particular project page. For a good example of what can be done, see [ TBD ].>* Shtetls of Belarus - Borisov JewishGen>* Borisov...
Belarus Belarus project is a networking forum for families from Belarus, and on the other hand, Belarus families from outside of Belarus . The project is growing and inviting collaboration partners. It is easy to find more detailed projects from this project, such as regional and locality projects. Many locality projects include links also to village and house-level projects. The project, as a ...
Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск/Менск, Russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislač and the Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblasć) and Minsk District (rajon).
The Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest population of Jews in the world. Within these territories the Jewish community flourished and developed many of modern Judaism's most distinctive theological and cultural traditions.Jews have been present in contemporary Armenia and Georgia since the Babylonian captivity. Records exist from the 4th century showing that there were Armenian cities...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire Belarus Czech Republic-Bohemia Croatia
Syanno[a] or Senno (Belarusian: Сянно, romanized: Sianno;[b] Russian: Сенно; Polish: Sienno; Lithuanian: Siano) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is located 58 km (36 mi) southwest of Vitebsk on the southern shore of Senno Lake. In 2018, its population was 7,092. As of 2023, it has a population of 7,158 Syanno The village is first mentioned in a document of 1442. Fairs were held ther...
Pinsk (Belarusian: Пі́нск; Russian: Пи́нск is a city located in Brest Region of Belarus, in the Polesia region, at the confluence of the Pina River and the Pripyat River. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk and is southwest of Minsk. The population is 138,415.
Village Tyukinichi (Tuchenicze, Цюхінічы, Тюхиничи) is a village in the Brest district of the Brest region (Oblast) of Belarus. It is a member of the Motykal Village Council. Population 482 (2009) Regional project Brest Region I Districts of Brest Region The sixteen raions (districts) of the Brest Region are: Baranavichy District Brest District Byaroza District Drahichyn District H...
Brest (Belarusian: Брэст, romanized: Brest, Russian: Брест, romanized: Brest,, Polish: Brześć; Lithuanian: Brasta; Ukrainian: Берестя, romanized: Berestia; Yiddish: בריסק, romanized: Brisk), formerly Brest-Litovsk (Belarusian: Берасце, Берасце Літоўскі (Брэст-Лiтоўск); Lithuanian: Lietuvos Brasta; Polish: Brześć Litewski, Yiddish: בריסק דליטא), Brest-on-the-Bug (Polish: Brześć nad Bugi...
The first written mention: XV * Spelling variations: * Чарнаўчыцы Чернавчицы Czarnawczyce Čarnaŭčycy Czernawczyce Chernavchitsy Czarnauczycy Czarniawczyce * Coordinates: * 52° 13'10.18"N, 23° 44'23.49"E * What to see:* Catholic church of the Holy Trinity ..* Orthodox church of St. Paraskieva Locality projects Brest Brest-Litovsk I Khmelevo Chmielewo I Chernavchitsy I Tiuchenicze I Vistychi I Ma...
Locality Zhabinka, a city in the southwestern region of Brest, Belarus Zhabinka (Belarusian: Жабінка, Russian: Жабинка; Yiddish: זשאבינקע Zhabinke, Polish: Żabinka) is a city in the southwestern region of Brest, Belarus. It is the administrative center of the Zhabinka District. The population is 14,577. Regional project Brest Region I Districts of Brest Region The sixteen raions (districts...
Khmelevo The first written mention: 1565 Spelling variations:Хмелева Хмелево Chmielewo Chmieleva Хмелява Chmielieva Khmielieva Chmielewo Hmelevo Khmelevo. Brest Region on GEDmatch This group is for people who can trace their ancestry back to the Brest region, Western Belarus. genealogical research Regional project Brest Region I Districts of Brest Region The sixteen raions (distric...
Locality Chomsk, Brest Region, Belarus
This is an umbrella project for all of the projects related to the Jews of Belarus, plus some links to closely related discussions. "Belarus was once a major center of European Jews, with 10% of the population being Jewish. But since the mid-20th century, the number of Jews has been reduced by the Holocaust, deportation, and emigration, so that today it is a very small minority of less than one...
Jewish Families from Vasiliški, Belarus (Wasiliszki, Poland; Vasilishki and Василишки, Russia) This projects seeks to document the Jewish families from Vasiliški, Belarus, formerly Wasiliszki, Poland, Vasilishki, Russia, and Василишки, Russia. Yiddish: װאַסילישאָק Vasilishok. Please add your families to this project so we can work together to find connections. Add the profiles for one person i...
Belarus lost a quarter of its pre-war population, including most of its intellectual elite and 90% of the country’s Jewish population. Altogether, between 2,230,000 to 3.0 million people were killed in Belarus during the three years of German occupation.The Nazis imposed a brutal regime, deporting to Germany some 380,000 young people for slave labour, and killing hundreds of thousands of civili...
While the Slutsky families all initially came from Slutsk (Belarus), it appears there were three or four independent Slutsky families in Eastern Europe that have descendants throughout the world. This project is to help Slutsky descendants sort out which branch they are from and meet fellow Slutsky researchers.