Chashniki

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Chashniki (Belarusian: Чашнікі, Čašniki) is a town in the Viciebsk Province, Belarus, famous for the Battle of Czasniki that took place in the neighbourhood during the French Invasion of Russia (1812).

[edit] People

Ryhor Reles (Hirsh Reles)
Solomon Zeitlin

[edit] 1906 JE article

Town in the government of Vitebsk, Russia, having (in 1897) a population of 4,590, of whom about 4,000 were Jews. Besides those engaged in dairying, which is entirely in the hands of the Jewish population, there were 310 Jewish artisans and ninety-nine Jewish journeymen. In consequence of the general poverty, the number of emigrants and of those depending on charity constantly grew. About 115 persons applied yearly for aid before the Passover holidays. With the exception of a Bikkur Cholim association, Chashniki had no charitable societies. A government school for Jews with a female department (ninety-five pupils), and a private school (forty-eight Jewish pupils), were the only educational institutions. This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.