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Disna
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Town in the government of Wilna, Russia. According to the census of 1897, it has a population of 6,739, about 5,600 being Jews. Most of these are traders. About 265 persons are employed as day-laborers. Truck-farming gives occupation to 8 families, working on 5 deciatines of rented land. About 437 deciatines in the vicinity of the town are owned and cultivated by Jews. There are the usual charitable institutions, and a Jewish public school for boys and girls, with a register of 170 pupils.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Disna'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/d/disna.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Disna'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/d/disna.html. 1901.
