Sokółka
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Podlasia
Region transferred to Prussian rule after the Third Partition of Poland.
Prussia
State that ruled Podlasia after the Third Partition of Poland.
New East Prussia
Renamed territory of Poland-Lithuania under Prussian reorganization.
Berlin
City captured by Napoleon’s forces.
Prussian state
State where the regulations caused fear among Jews.
Kaliszcziba
Town where rabbis and public activists convened in 1797.
Jena
German location of Napoleon’s battle against Prussian forces.
Białystok District
District transferred to Russia under the Treaty of Tilsit.
Drohiczyn District
District transferred to Russia under the Treaty of Tilsit.
Tilsit
Site of the peace conference associated with the 1807 territorial division.
Bialystok District
District annexed to Russia in 1807, after which Sokolka was designated a district city.
Russia
Russia ruled Sokolka for more than a century after incorporating Polish and Lithuanian territories.
Russia and China
Territories described as having been conquered by Mongol forces.
Western Europe
Region where Mongol forces are described as having conquered Poland.
Mosques
Special religious sites visited by the Tatars described in the passage.
Grodno Province
Grodno Province was incorporated into the Russian Empire with Sokolka.
Warsaw
Warsaw was connected to Sokolka by the railway and lay 201 parasangs away.
Bialystok Street
Bialystok Street was one of Sokolka’s two main streets.
Sokolka central square
A large square near the main streets had a church at its center.
Grodno District
A district reported to contain about two hundred tanneries before World War I.
Sokolka cemetery
A longstanding cemetery in Sokolka.
Białystok
City associated with several rabbis and the Mankes family.
Zhytomyr
City to which Rabbi Dov Mankes moved.
Białystok cemetery
Cemetery containing monuments to rabbis who served in various cities.
Siena
City where Shraga-Feivel Sarna served as rabbi.
Ostrova
City where Shraga-Feivel Sarna served as rabbi.
Horodok
City where Shraga-Feivel Sarna served as rabbi.
Khaniekes neighborhood
Białystok neighborhood associated with Shalom and Tzvi-Hirsch.
Kovno
City associated with Rabbi Yitzhak Elhanan Spector.
Kartuz-Bereza
City where Yossi Leh served as rabbi.
Zabludov
City where Yossi Leh served for approximately thirty years and died.
Old cemetery in Zabludov
Cemetery where Yossi Leh was buried beneath a memorial structure.
Sokółka
Town where Shmuel Stavarovskyi lived for many years and served as rabbi.
Novogrudok
City where Meir Marcus became a communal rabbi.
Amstibovo
Town where Shmuel Stavarovskyi later served as rabbi.
Trakai
Place where Nahum Grinhoyz served as rabbi.