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Bragin

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Village of Russia, in the government of Minsk, having a population (1898) of 4,520, including 2,248 Jews, of whom 256 were artisans and 31 laborers. The Jews maintain three charitable institutions and a Talmud Torah with 45 pupils. During the rebellion of Chmielnicki (1648-49) the Cossacks massacred many Jews of this locality.

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  • Regesty i Nadpisi, 1:421.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Bragin'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​b/bragin.html. 1901.
 
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