Smorgon lands as part of the Russian Empire
Our town Smorgon is known even in faraway France, where it is called the town of shame and disgrace of Emperor Napoleon. It was in Smorgon in December 1812 that he left his army, fleeing from the Russian army under the command of Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov. Most of the population of Smorgon District was engaged in agriculture. The situation of the peasants was difficult: they performed various duties, paid taxes. This caused discontent, which often resulted in peasant unrest. The active participants in the peasant uprising led by Kastus Kalinovsky were Julian Bokshansky, Frantishak Bogushevich.
Matey Burachok (Bogushevich Frantisek Kazimirovich). "Belarusian pipe". Mn., - "Mastatsky Literature", 1990, 76 pp. (KP 1011).
Facsimile Edition. Based on the copy published in Krakow in Latin script in 1891 which is stored in the Department of rare scientific books of the Central Scientific Library of Vilnius (Lithuania).
Donated to the museum by Ales Zhamoitin, director of the museum-estate of F. Bogushevich "Kushlyany", on March 12, 2005.
The book "Explanation of all foreign words (more than 50,000 words) that have come into use in the Russian language, with an explanation of their origin."
The book was compiled by Michelson using the dictionaries of Geisse, Rafe and others. The seventh edition, added by the 2nd volume. Moscow, E. Lissner and Y. Roman’s printing house, on Arbat, in the house of Ms. Karinsky 1877, 778 pp.
The brown hardcover book has a title embossed in gold letters; the black hard cover is damaged.
Pages 121-130 in the second volume are missing. The paper turned yellow in some places.
Donated to the museum by S.B. Khinevich, a son of the first director of secondary school No. 4 B. M.Khinevich (from the family library), on April27, 2010.
The book "The marriage records. 1869-1881." which belonged to Holy Trinity Church of the village of Dolginovo, Vilna Province, Vileika County (KP 18).
The book was given to Holy Trinity Church of the village of Dolginovo, Vilna Province of Vileika County by the Lithuanian Spiritual Consistory of the city of Vilna on August 9, 1869.
The book contains records about the marriage of residents of the parish of Holy Trinity Church and information about them. The first record was made on October 5, 1869, the last on May 24, 1881.
200 sheets are numbered, laced and sealed in the book.
The records can be read.
The book size: 35.5 cm by 23 cm. The binding is damaged.
Donated to the museum by Pavel Voronovich, a graduate of secondary school No. 4, a priest of Ostrovets parish, on February 28, 1996.
The scales (steelyard) (KP 342).
The device is designed to weigh various things.
The steelyard is iron. Total length is 57 cm.
Donated to the museum by the local historian A.M. Bumai on November 04, 1998.
The iron core (KP 17).
The core was found during field work in Smorgon district.
Diameter - 8 cm.
Donated to the museum by Anastasia Radko, a 3rd class student, on November 28, 1996.
Lapti (The bast shoes) (KP 374).
Bast shoes were peasant shoes woven from the bast of trees of different species.
The museum displays a pair of bast shoes and a single item; all of them have oblique weaving.
The length of each bast shoe is 30 cm.
Donated to the museum by Alexander Romanenko, a student of the 8th grade, on December 17, 1998.