Białystok
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Alexandra Catherine
Daughter of Stefan Czarniecki who married Jan Klemens Branicki.
Stefan Branicki
Son of Alexandra Catherine and Jan Klemens Branicki.
The Old Bialystok
Chapter heading appearing on the page.
Eliezer Feigin
Name printed beneath the chapter heading.
Yatvagans
A Baltic-Lithuanian tribe associated with the region.
Narew
A river to which the Yatvagans were driven.
Ludmir
A city whose inhabitants received a request for bread.
Varvara
Stanislaw Gashtald’s widow who married King Sigismund Augustus.
Sigismund Augustus
A Polish king who married Varvara and later owned Bialystok.
Bialystok estate
An estate donated to Mateusz Gashtald for military distinctions.
Arians
A religious sect that spread through Lithuania and Poland.
Weselowski
A starosta associated with rebuilding the church.
Church rebuilt from fired bricks
A new church built after the Arians expelled and burned the previous temple.
Jewish school
Jewish school that received a loan of 1,000 guilders.
Duke Branicki
Duke Branicki owned or controlled property in Bialystok.
Chaim
A Jewish man named Chaim paid a deposit for the property.
Leib Weinreich
Leib Weinreich is credited with establishing New World Street.
Kovno
A place mentioned among locations of Bialystoker organizations.
Habima
Theater whose repertoire and performances are discussed.
Gashtald family
A family that ruled Bialystok for about 100 years.
Mateusz Gashtald
A Krakow and Smolensk voivode who received the Bialystok estate.
Stanislaw Gashtald
The last member of the Gashtald family mentioned here.
Old wooden church
A wooden church standing in Bialystok in earlier years.
King Sigismund
A king who donated land for the church.
Branicka widow
Named as retaining ownership of Bialystok during her lifetime.
Prussia
Kingdom associated with Bialystok before Russian control.
Synagogue courtyard
Site where the Jewish settlement was concentrated.
Bialystok Jewish cemetery
The passage states Bialystok had no Jewish cemetery of its own.
Clemens Branicki
Named as the last duke of Bialystok.
Lieb Nathan
Jewish man named in a Prussian protective document permitting residence in Bialystok.
Yoel Barash
Named among early textile workers.
Eliezer Halberstam
Named among early textile workers.
Halpern
Named among early textile workers.
Mazur
Mazur’s name was associated with the street during a later period.
Wersalska Street
Wersalska and side streets were described as fields and mud.
Sanie Zadrunski
Sanie Zadrunski entertained audiences at weddings.