1863-1864 Uprising in Belarus

Uprising in Minsk Province

Instruction on the performance of duties and functions to the military chief of Slutsk district, commander of the Don Cossack Regiment No 33, Colonel Astakhov. 3 February 1863. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1517a, l. 7-7 ob., 16)
Report by the police officer of Borisov district Adam Lyatsky to the civil governor of Minsk province about the arrests conducted in the district on suspicion of the preparation of the insurrection. 18 February 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1527, l. 22-25)
Notification from the governor-general of Vilna province V.I. Nazimov to the governor of Minsk province about the announcement of martial law in the districts of Novogrudok, Pinsk and Slutsk and the appointment of district military chiefs. 22 February 1863. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1517а, l. 27-27 ob.)
Report by the archpriest Golenevich of Bobruisk district about the appearance of insurgents in the Bobruisk district, their activities and the attitude of the population. Spring 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1537, l. 2-4)
Report by the police officer of Borisov district Adam Lyatsky to the civil governor of Minsk province with the testimony of a Jew Leiba Ziski  about the reading of the newspaper “Peasant’s Truth” by a superintendent of alcohol excise taxes Konstantin Yanovsky.  5 March 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1527, l. 34-36)
Report by the commander of 3rd Infantry Division, Lieutenant General A.F. Golfgoer to the civil governor of Minsk province about the appointment of Colonel Chekmarev, 4th Reserve Battalion, Vitebsk Infantry Regiment as the military chief of Mozyr district. 12 March 1863. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1517а, l. 37)
Report by the police chief of Slutsk district Skrodsky about the actions of Russian troops against the insurgents in the districts of Slutsk and Novogrudok. 10 April 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1537, l. 5-5 ob.)
Report by the police chief of Novogrudok district to the civil governor of Minsk province about the defeat of the insurgent detachment led by Adam Puslovsky and Felitsian Lashkevich.  10 April 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1562, l. 17-18 ob.)
Report by the police chief of Rechitsa district Borozich to the civil governor of Minsk province about the arrests of a nobleman Antony Shpiganovich of Mozyr, a student of Kiev University Tadeush Orzhekhovsky and other persons suspected of the involvement in the uprising. 11 March 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1574, l. 4-7 ob.)
Report by the mayor of Borisov, A. Pekarsky to the civil governor of Minsk province A.L. Kozhevnikov about the formation of an insurgent detachment near Dokshitsy, Borisov district and the measures to prevent the capture of Borisov by the insurgents.  24 March 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1527, l. 59-60)
Report by the police officer of Borisov district Adam Lyatsky to the civil governor of Minsk province about the movement of insurgent groups in the districts of Borisov and Igumen, the joining to them of some noblemen and proprietors of Borisov district and the arrests of insurgents. 22 April 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1509, l. 1-1 ob.)
Testimony of a coachman Matei Zhibinsky concerning the assembly of an insurgent detachment at the estate of Domashkovichi, Borisov district. 22 April 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1547, l. 1-1 ob.)
Report by the police chief of Borisov district Dmukhovsky to the the civil governor of Minsk province about the appearance of an insurgent detachment in Borisov district. 23 April 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1527, l. 55-56)
Report by the police chief of Borisov district Dmukhovsky to the the civil governor of Minsk province about the actions of insurgents in Borisov district on 19-22 April 1863. 23 April 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1527, l. 73-74)
Report by the military chief of Slutsk district on the defeat of the insurgent detachment commanded by Vladislav Mashevsky and Bronislav Vendorf by the Russian troops on 22 April 1863 near the village of Ozernitsy, Slutsk district. 25 April 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1537, l. 7-10)
Report by the police officer of Igumen district Belikovich to the civil governor of Minsk province about the insurgent activities in the district and the actions of Russian troops against them. 1 May 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1538, l. 3-3 ob.)
Report by the deputy police chief of Bobruisk district to the civil governor of Minsk province on the necessity of assigning 10 Cossacks to assist the police chiefs for the unobstructed movement in the district in view оf the insurgents. 5 May 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op.1, d. 1536, l. 1-1 ob.)
Report by the mayor of Borisov A. Pekarsky to the civil governor of Minsk province A.L. Kozhevnikov about meeting the captured insurgents in Borisov.  10 May 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1610, l. 6-6 ob.)
Order by the governor-general of Vilna province M.N. Muravyov to the military governor of Minsk province and the army commander, Lieutenant General V.I. Zabolotsky on the announcement of martial law in the districts of Minsk, Bobruisk, Igumen, Borisov and Rechitsa. 12 May 1863. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1517а, l. 58-58 ob.)
Report by the police chief of Borisov district, Major Voronets to the civil governor of Minsk A.L. Kozhevnikov about the defeat of the insurgent detachment led by Genrik Dmokhovsky near the village of Porechye, Borisov district. 18 May 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1527, l. 94-95)
Testimony of a peasant Grigory Androsik of Novoselki estate, Igumen district given at the office of the civil governor of Minsk about the insurgents’ attack on the village of Novoselki on 21 April 1863 and about the murder and injury of several peasants.  24 May 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1541, l. 4-4 ob.)
Order by the commander-in-chief of the Vilna Military District M.N. Muravyov to the military governor of Minsk province on the execution of the insurgents’ commander Adam Puslovsky. 5 June 1863. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1565, l. 6-8 ob.)
Report by the police chief of Novogrudok district to the civil governor of Minsk province on the penalty of 75 silver roubles on three noble ladies of Novogrudok district for wearing the mourning clothes in public without permission. 6 June 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1539, l. 20-21 ob.)
Order by the commander-in-chief of the Vilna Military District M.N. Muravyov to the military governor of Minsk province to sentence the nobleman of Bobruisk district Kazimir Malinovsky to forfeiture of property rights and exile to the province of Tomsk for reading the book “Monk Peter’s Deathbed Conversation” (Predsmertnaya beseda Otshelnika Petra). 13 June 1863. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1576, l. 10-13)
Report by the police chief of Igumen district to the civil governor of Minsk about the defeat of the insurgent detachment led by Boleslav Sventorzhetsky in June 1863 near Perunov Most, Igumen district, the capture of Gektor Korkozevich and other insurgents, the pursuit of the remains of the insurgents in Igumen district by the Russian troops, and the number of the insurgents imprisoned in Igumen and sent from Igumen to Minsk. 21 June 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1538, l. 4-4 ob.)
Report by the military chief of Igumen district General Major F.I. Rusinov to the civil governor of Minsk province about the encounter between Russian troops and insurgents on 8 June 1863 near the village of Zlushna (Glushka), Igumen district and about the investigation into this fact. 13 July 1863. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1541, l. 9-9 ob., 12)
Petition from Agata Tstinska, the wife of a nobleman from Minsk district Voitech (Albert) Tstinski sentenced to forfeiture of property rights and exile to the province of Tomsk for hiding the arms, addressed to the temporary military governor of Minsk province V.I. Zabolotski to permit her family to move to the place of exile. 22 August 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 299, op. 1, d. 6009, l. 2-3)
Petition from Maria Antonievna, nee Shpilevska, the wife of the Minsk nobleman Florian Savitski sentenced to forfeiture of property rights and exile to the province of Tomsk for supplying the insurgents with foodstuffs, addressed to the civil governor of Minsk province A.L. Kozhevnikov to permit her to go into exile together with her husband and to give money for the travel. 22 August 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 299, op. 2, d. 6009, l. 12)
Report by the military chief of Bobruisk district, Lieutenant Colonel Polyakov to the temporary military governor of Minsk province on the formation of a team of twenty Old-Believers on 27 August 1863 in Bobruisk district to assist the Cossacks against the insurgents. 2 September 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 296, op. 1, d. 24, l. 17)
Report by the temporary military governor of Minsk province, Lieutenant General V.I. Zabolotsky to the governor-general of Vilna province M.N. Muravyov on repressive measures against the residents of Borisov district for the murder of the police officer of Borisov district Adam Lyatsky. 20 September 1863. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1554, l. 7-8)
Report by the temporary military governor V.I. Zabolotsky to the governor-general of Vilna province M.N. Muravyov on the replacement of Polish language signboards in the Minsk province to the Russian language ones and on the punishment of persons who did not obey this order.  30 September 1863. Copy (early 20th c.). Typescript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1635, l. 1)
Letter from the Minsk Investigation Commission to the governor of Minsk with an extract of the testimony of Mikhail Palkovsky, a nobleman from the province of Grodno who participated in the uprising, about the actions of an insurgent group in the districts of Slonim and Pinsk and the resolution on his case. 6 October 1863. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 3688, l. 22-23 ob.)
Bill for the sum of 1704 silver roubles for the monthly maintenance of the military-district and military-police administrations, village armed guards and military investigation commissions in Pinsk district drawn by the military chief of Pinsk district, Colonel Verkhovsky and submitted to the civil governor of Minsk. 9 October 1863. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1517а, l. 75-75 ob.)
Information by the archbishop Mikhail of Minsk and Bobruisk to the temporary military governor of Minsk province V.I. Zabolotsky about the refusal by the noblemen Frantishek and Yan Buzhymskys and a smallholder Onufry Olekevich, prisoners at the Minsk castle prison, to convert from Catholicism to Orthodoxy. 18 October 1863. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 296, op. 1, d. 75, l. 22-23)
Instructions of the temporary military governor of Minsk province V.I. Zabolotsky to the civil governor of Minsk for deporting from Minsk to the province of Nizhny Novgorod the former head of Igumen, Vintsent Tomashevich recorgnized “unreliable in political matters”. 28 December 1863. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1615, l. 18-18 ob., 20)
“Address of Loyalty” from the nobility of Minsk province to the Emperor Alexander II on occasion of the suppression of the uprising. November – December 1863. Rotaprint. (NIAB, f. 320, op. 1, d. 397, l. 1-1 ob.)
Report from the noble lady Emilia Tomashevich of Igumen district to the police head of Igumen district, Major Kostagorov about the impossibility because of poor condition to pay out 31 silver roubles spent by the State for the deportation of her husband, the former town head of Igumen, Vintsent Tomashevich into the province of Nizhny Novgorod. 9 January 1864. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1615, l. 45-46 ob.)
Cover letter from the temporary military governor of Minsk province V.I. Zabolotsky to the civil gover of Minsk attached to the case of the suicide on 15 February 1864 at the Slutsk prison of Engineer Captain Vladislav Rummel arrested for participation in the uprising. 18 February 1864. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 299, op. 2, d. 6068, l. 1-1 об.)
Order by the Minsk Provincial Administration to the solicitor of Igumen district directing him to report to the provincial administration on the confiscation of property from the convicted insurgents Adam Beresnevich, Vintsent Voina and other 23 persons. 22 February 1864. Print. (NIAB, f. 162, op. 1, d. 116, l. 33)
Ordinance by the Minsk Provincial Administration to the solicitor of Igumen district for the sequestration of the property of the landowner Antony Markevich of Novogrudok district for instigating the peasants to revolt. 18 March 1864. Print. (NIAB, f. 162, op. 1, d. 116, l. 53)
Resolution of the Temporary Field Auditing Board confirmed on 23 March 1863 by the commander-in-chief of the Vilna Military District M. Muravyov on the conviction of a nobleman from Minsk district Pavel Petrovich and a private doctor Tomash Ivanovsky to forfeiture and confiscation of property and exile to Siberia for agitating the peasants to participate in the uprising and a penalty of 100 silver roubles on the noble lady Antonina Novitskaya for her assistance to P. Petrovich. 23 March 1864. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1548, l. 2-3 ob.)
Ordinance by the Minsk Provincial Administration to the solicitor of Igumen district on the search of the property of 39 convicted insurgents from the detachment of Vladislav Mashevsky which operated in the Slutsk district. 15 April 1864. Print. (NIAB, f. 162, op. 1, d. 116, l. 70-72 ob.)
Instructions of the governor-general of Vilna province M.N. Muravyov to the civil governor of Minsk for converting from Catholicism to Orthodoxy a stone chapel in the village of Bogushevichi, Igumen district belonging to the commander of an insurgent detachment, landowner Boleslav Sventoretsky. 18 April 1864. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1638, l. 11-11 ob.)
Resolution of the Temporary Field Auditing Board confirmed on 4 May 1864 by the assistant commander-in-chief of the Vilna Military District N.A. Kryzhanovsky on the conviction of the noblemen of Borisov district Sigizmund and Oskar Svenzhiskys to forfeiture of property  and exile to the province of Tambov for participation in the uprising and a penalty of 300 silver roubles on their father Otton Mikhailovich Svenzhinsky for hiding his sons. 4 May 1864. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1572, l. 21-24 ob.)
Report from the temporary commander-in-chief in Minsk province, Lieutenant General V.I. Zabolotsky to the governor-general of Vilna province M.N. Muravyov about the hostilities against the insurgents near the village of Sutin, Igumen district and the necessity to exile its residents for assisting the insurgents. 5 May 1864. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1522, l. 77-78 ob.)
Order by the governor-general of Vilna province M.N. Muravyov to the civil governor of Minsk for closing the land taxator classes at the Minsk high school because of the “harmful orientation” of the students of local origin. 8 July 1864. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1647, l. 1-1 ob.)
Report by the conciliator of Minsk district, Count Rzheuski to the temporary military governor of Minsk province V.I. Zabolotsky on the debauchery, plunders and crimes committed by the soldiers of the Kolomna Infantry Regiment and the military chief of Minsk district, Lieutenant Astafiev during the searches conducted in the district.   21 June 1864. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 296, op. 1, d. 86, l. 2-3 ob.)
Report from the Minsk Provincial Administration to the Minsk Chamber for State Property on the confiscation of the estate of Kurgany, Igumen district belonging to the participant in the uprising, landowner Yulian Esman. 21 September 1864. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 27, op. 1, d. 798, l. 1-1 ob.)
Information from the vice-governor of Orenburg province to the civil governor of Minsk province about the arrival in Orenburg province and settlement in the town of Birsk of the former senior priest of the Catholic Church at Slutsk, Felitsian Gorbachevski exiled for political disloyalty. 12 December 1864. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1608, l. 6)
Order by the military chief of Minsk district, Colonel Ponikritsky to the Minsk Chamber for State Property for the issue of data concerning the officials and peasants who distinguished themselves in the suppression of the uprising and for decorating them with the bronze medals commemorating the suppression of the uprising.  13 March 1865. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 27, op. 1, d. 860, l. 1-2)
List of peasants from the village community of Velika-Kolpenitsa, Novogrudok district who participated in June 1863 in the fight against the insurgents in the Krivoshinsky Forest and were nominated for the bronze medals commemorating the suppression of the uprising. 5 November 1865. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 27, op. 1, d. 860, l. 34-34 ob.)
Circular from the governor of Minsk province to the legal investigators of Minsk province on closing the investigative case on the persons accused of participating in the uprising or assisting it and executing no great offences and on their release from custody. 30 May 1867. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 1812, l. 9-9 ob.)
Information from the civil governor of Minsk province to the Minsk Provincial Administration on the termination of the martial law in the districts of Novogrudok and Slutsk except the towns of Novogrudok and Slutsk remaining in a state of emergency. 15 April 1868. Handwritten on letterhead. (NIAB, f. 299, op. 2, d. 5976, l. 28)
“Book of St. Peter’s Church at Dukory, Minsk Eparchy, Igumen District” with a record about the extradition of an insurgent to the tsarist authorities. Recorded 1890. Manuscript. (BGAMLI, f. 66, op. 1, d. 1156, l. 42 )