There was an area called the ?Lepelsky District? (also spelled ?
Lepel? ? and ? Lyepyel??) 130 km. away from the city of Minsk in what
is now Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus (Belorussia):
?The Vitebsk gubernia was divided into 12 uyezds: the Velizh, Vitebsk,
Gorodok, Drisa, Dvinsk, Lepel, Lyutsin, Nevel, Polotsk, Rezhitsk,
Sebezh, and Surazh (abolished in 1866) uyezds. From November 1917, the
Vitebsk gubernia was included into the Western Region, from September
1918 - into the Western Commune of the RSFSR, into the BSSR
(January-February 1919), into the RSFSR. Due to formation of the Gomel
gubernia (April 1919), the Senno uyezd of Mogilev gubernia (July 1919)
and the Orsha uyezd of Gomel gubernia (November 1920) were given to
the Vitebsk gubernia. According to the peace treaty between RSFSR and
Latvia dated August 11, 1920, the Dvinsk, Lyutsin, and Rezhitsk uyezds
went into Latvia. In February 1923, as a result of uyezds'
enlargement, the Gorodok, Senno, and Drisa uyezds were abolished; the
Lepel uyezd was renamed as Bocheikovo uyezd. On March 10, 1924, the
Vitebsk gubernia was abolished in connection with the 1st enlargement
of the BSSR. The territory of the Vitebsk, Gorodok, Drisa, Lepel,
Polotsk, Senno, and Surazh uyezds was included into the BSSR; the
Velizh, Nevel, and Sebezh uyezds - into the Pskov gubernia of RSFSR.?
POLITICAL DIVISIONS
http://archives.gov.by/EItd/EAdm_del.htm
You can read more about Lepel and Lepel? District here:
ShtetLinks: LEPEL, Belorussia (Belarus)
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lepel/lepel.html
MAP OF LEPEL
http://uk.multimap.com/wi/26157.htm
Please let me know if this answers your question.
Regards;
Tutuzdad-ga |
