Drohiczyn
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Poles
A minority population in Polesia comprising approximately ten percent.
Jews
One of the population groups living in Polesia.
Russians
One of the population groups living in Polesia.
Germans
One of the population groups living in Polesia.
Romani people
One of the population groups living in Polesia.
Pinsk district
A district that remained within Lithuania after the 1569 union.
Lithuania
The polity in which the Pinsk district remained after 1569.
Germany
The destination for timber shipped by water.
Second Drohichin
A designation used to distinguish this Drohichin from an older one.
Sweden
Country whose forces launched a campaign against the Polish government in 1706.
Kobrin District
District into which Drohitchin was incorporated.
Jews of the Drohitchin region
Jewish residents described as persecuted by the tsarist government.
First World War
War identified as beginning in 1914.
Bolsheviks
Force that arrived in January 1919 and introduced new orders.
Polish Legionnaires
Force that entered the region in March 1919.
Polish-Soviet War
War that broke out in July 1920.
White Guards
Force led by General Bulak-Balachowicz.
Motele
Motele was included in the Drohiczyn district.
Ukraine
German forces occupied all Poland and Ukraine in 1941.
Leningrad
German forces nearly reached Leningrad during the 1941 invasion.
Drohiczyn Betar youth
A caption identifies Drohiczyn Betar youths learning to shoot in 1934.
Council of the Communities of Lithuania
Its register mentions Drohiczyn and tax obligations.
Register of the Communities of Lithuania
The register records Drohiczyn alongside several towns.
Drohiczyn
Drohiczyn Jews are described in a seventeenth-century document.
Moshe Poliak
A broker for a nobleman accused in 1698 of seizing peasants’ property.
Vilna
City from which an order concerning village Jews was reportedly issued.
Drohitchin railway station
Railway station near Drohitchin improved communication and transportation.
JCA bank in Drohitchin
Bank opened by the JCA in Drohitchin near the end of the nineteenth century.
Pinsk
Nearby city where Drohitchin children studied and residents sought services.
Russia
Destination of estate owners who left with the Tsarist armies.
Polesia
Region named in the organization’s title.
Brisk
A place whose male Jewish population was largely murdered.
Minsk
City where Tsvishvarts later studied and gathered educational materials.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was party to the 1921 peace treaty and later incorporated Drohiczyn in 1944.
Yanave
Yanave was included in the Drohiczyn district.
Khamsk
Khamsk was included in the Drohiczyn district.