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Cherykaw

Čerykaŭ District, Mahilyow Region

Names

Belarusian
Чэрыкаў
Belarusian (Taraškievica)
Чэрыкаў
Russian
Чериков
Polish
Czeryków
Lithuanian
Čerykavas
Ukrainian
Чериков; Чериків
English
Cherykaw; Cherikov; Cherykov; Čerykaŭ
German
Tscherykau; Čerykaŭ
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Old maps of this place — Russian 3-verst map, WIG 1:100,000 (1924–1939), German maps of 1914–1918 (Mapster)

Now: Čerykaŭ District, Mahilyow Region

Affiliation by years

Parish, volost, district and estate as different sources give them, one source a row. Each source speaks of its own year and they may disagree.

YearsParishVolost; districtEstateSource
1565–1578Orshansky povet, Vitebsk VoivodeshipWikidata
1578–1678Чэрыкаўскае староства, Магілёўская воласць, Orshansky povet, Vitebsk VoivodeshipWikidata
1678–1772Czeryków Volost; Mstsislaw VoivodeshipWikidata
1773–1924Cherikovsky County, Mogilyov GovernorateWikidata

Indexes of metric books

Baptisms, marriages and deaths transcribed by volunteers (Geneteka of the Polish Genealogical Society), with the years transcribed. Search by surname on their site.

Extraordinary State Commission files, 1944–1945

Files of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission on the occupiers' crimes: witness interviews, lists of the killed and of those deported to Germany (NARB fond 1569, digital copies from GARF, scans online). The 1944 district is the one with the nearest district seat, so near a district border look at the neighbouring one too.

Чериковский район (1944)

Files on the whole region — Могилевская область (3)

Places nearby

Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego

Polish geographical dictionary of 1880–1902: gmina, parish, number of households, owners. The link opens the page scan.

Where it is mentioned

Fonds, inventories and files whose titles contain the place name. Several places may share a name — check the uezd and volost.

All records mentioning it: 303in the search, with filters by archive, kind of document and years

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Links

Place data from Wikidata (CC0 licence), where it can also be corrected.