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Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno. | Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno. | ||
=== <u>Słownik Geograficzny Available Online</u> === | === <u>Słownik Geograficzny Available Online</u> === | ||
'''The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavonic Countries''' (in Polish) ''Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich'' is available by book, microfilm, CD and now online. It is very useful resource for the period 1864-1918. The Slownik includes descriptions of villages,towns and cities in what is now Belarus and Lithuania as well as Poland.<br>A searchable version is available at [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/ Domena Internetowych Repozytoriów Wiedzy] | '''The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavonic Countries''' (in Polish) ''Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich'' is available by book, microfilm, CD and now online. It is very useful resource for the period 1864-1918. The Slownik includes descriptions of villages,towns and cities in what is now Belarus and Lithuania as well as Poland.<br>A searchable version is available at [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/ Domena Internetowych Repozytoriów Wiedzy] | ||
[http://www.polishroots.org/GeographyMaps/S%C5%82ownikGeograficzny/tabid/61/Default.aspx Polish Roots] - Tips on how to access and use the ''Słownik Geograficzny. This page also has a list of towns for which the Słownik Geograficzny that has already been translated from Polish into English.'' | |||
Gazetteers were published for all of these provinces except Grodno. The references are below: | ==== Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno. ==== | ||
Gazetteers were published for all of these provinces except Grodno. The references are below: | |||
Minsk. Yarmolovich, V. S. '''Spisok naselennykh mest Minskoi gubernii''' [Populated places in Minsk Province]. Minsk, 1909. (Film 1,923,576 item 1) | Minsk. Yarmolovich, V. S. '''Spisok naselennykh mest Minskoi gubernii''' [Populated places in Minsk Province]. Minsk, 1909. (Film 1,923,576 item 1) | ||