KehilaLinks:  Romanovo

Alternate Spellings: Romanova, Romanowo
Modern Name: Lenino, Lunino

Location:       Latitude 53°43', Longitude 26°95'
                       Slutsk District, Minsk Province, Belarus
                       About 21 km. W. of Slutsk, 101 km. S. of Minsk

Maps

     Maps comparing Romanova with present-day Lenino

    Minsk Gubernia 1834  (http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/1834_minsk_gubernia_map.htm)
            (Scroll "east" until  top middle of  map - "Prydroysk" will be in view.  Then scroll "south", passing Minsk and eventually "Sloutsk",  with "Romanov" to its west)

    Russian Map Late 19th Century:  Go to http://www.belarusguide.com, choose genealogy, then    maps, then historical maps, then Russian Map Late XIX c.
           ( Scroll down to  coordinates given above for Slutsk. The Russian transliterations are roughly:  MIHCK=Minsk; C^yuk=Slutsk;  PaMaHobo=Romanova.)

Background

     Entry from JewishGen Gazetteer
     Entry from Where Once We Walked
     Assorted Information

Census of 1874

Memoirs

     Interview with Libby Ginsburg, b. Romanova 1888
     Interview with Aaron Osherowitz, b. Romanova 1884
     Recipes

Photo Gallery

Searchable Database
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Ten Pages on Romanova from Slutzk and Vicinity Memorial Book
In Hebrew and Yiddish
English Translation

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Works Cited

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