Rechke

Rechke

Рэчкі (Belarusian)
רעטשקי (Yiddish)
Rechke Рэчкі (Belarusian); רעטשקי (Yiddish)
Village
	New Church of the Holy Spirit on the site of the burned Church of the Holy Spirit
	Rechke Location in Belarus
	Coordinates: 54°34′59″N 27°5′36″E / 54.58306°N 27.09333°E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Vilyeyka District
Rural Council	Kryvaselski Rural Council
Population (2008)
• Total	118
Postal code	222445

Rechke (Belarusian: Рэчкі, Yiddish: רעטשקי) is a village in Belarus, located on the Zhuchka River. It is part of the Krivoselsky Village Council (Krivoselsky Selsoviet) in the Vilyeyka District of the Minsk Region.^{[citation needed]}

Rechke is an old shtetl of the historical Ashmyany region (part of the Vilna Governorate).

History

In 1859, Rechke had 21 households. In 1864, Russian authorities opened a public school in the area. By 1866, the town had 24 households. In 1886, Rechke was part of the Rabun volost and had 26 households, a church, a synagogue, a school, a windmill, and 2 taverns.^[1]

References

↑ Krzywicki, J. Rzeczki (5) // Геаграфічны слоўнік Каралеўства Польскага [Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries] (in Polish). Vol. 10. p. 129.

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[1] Krzywicki, J. Rzeczki (5) // Геаграфічны слоўнік Каралеўства Польскага [Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries] (in Polish). Vol. 10. p. 129.

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