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History and Administrative Division .
The territory of the Government of Minsk was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania / of
Poland-Lithuania until 1793/1795.
It was an administrative unit (government) of the Russian Empire until the Russian Revolution,
following which it formed the core of the Belarussian SSR. It was part of the Jewish Pale.
Minsk Gubernia bordered on Mogilev and Chernigov Gubernia
in the east, on Kiev and Volhynia Gubernia in the south, on
Grodno Gubernia in the west, on Vilna and
Vitebsk Gubernia in the north.
Minsk Gubernia, established in 1796, originally was divided in 13 districts (uyezds) : Bobruisk, Borisov, Vileika, David-Gorodok, Disna,
Dokshitsy, Igumen, Mozyr, Minsk, Nesvizh, Postavy, Pinsk, and Slutsk. In 1842 Grodno Gubernia
ceded Novogrudok Uyezds to Minsk Gubernia; the latter ceded Vileika and Disna Uyezds to Vilna
Gubernia. In 1884, Minsk Gubernia the administyrative division consisted of 9 districts (uyezds) : Bobruisk, Borissov, Igumen, Minsk, Mozyr,
Novogrudok, Pinsk, Reshitsa, Slutsk. Minsk Gubernia was affected by Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812-1813, the Polish Rebellions of 1830-1831 and of 1863-1864. In 1911 the Zemstvo constitution was introduced in Minsk Gubernia. Population . In 1883, Minsk Gubernia has 1,591,797 inhabitants, mostly Belarussians, further Poles, Lithuanians, Russians, Jews, also a few thousand of Ukrainians, Tatars, Germans each. In 1839 the Uniate Church was abolished, the Uniate Catholics forcefully integrated into the Russian Orthodox Church. As a consequence, by 1884, about 90 % of the inhabitants of Minsk Gubernia were Russian Orthodox, further there were Jews, Roman Catholics, Muslims and Lutherans (Meyer). The regional nobility, of Russian stock, since 1569 has gradually assimilated into the Polish culture and was Roman Catholic. Meyer describes the population, due to remoteness, as a "semi-savage people" (Meyer). The estimated population in 1906 was 2,581,400 (EB 1911). Economy . In 1861 the liberation of the serfs was proclaimed. In 1884 38 % of the area was covered by forest, 24 % was farmland, 15 % pastorage, the remainder swamp. Main agricultural products included grain, potatoes, lentals. The dominant industry was distillery (Meyer). Culture . Minsk was seat of both a Russian Orthodox and of a Roman Catholic diocese. The Julian Calendar was reintroduced in 1800. Historical Atlas, Belarus |
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