Kažhan Haradok, Belarus
Kozhanhorodok / קוז'נהורודוק (Yiddish)
REGION: Minsk
COORDINATES: 52°13´ N, 27°01´ E

ABOUT KOZANHORODOK
    • Excerpts from THE PECHENIK FAMILY and reference works
    • Kazhan-Haradok JewishGen Locality Page

MAPS    
    • map of Luninetz & Kozanhorodok & region
    • section of Brest region with Kozhan-Gorodok
    • Belarus maps at University of Texas
     
     
PICTURES    Kozangorodok Synagogue
    • Synagogue (at History of Belarussion Jewry)
            • Higher resolution -- 1 MB
            • Another view (at Museum of Family History)
            • Interior
    • Memorial in Kozhan Gorodok / translation

FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS
    • Sheindel Shulman Kolnik / "Growing up in Kozhangorodok"
    • Larry Gaum / "A Visit To Belarus - The Circle Is Complete"
    • Natalie Rothstein / "Back to Belarus"

PEOPLE
    • Yom-Tov Ehrlich--Musician, composer & entertainer
    • Moss Kolnik--Chess great
    • THE PECHENIK FAMILY book at WorldCat / YIVO / Vermont State College (and other libraries)

YIZKOR BOOK -- Memorial Book of Luniniec & Kozhanhorodok
    • Copy of the original (at the NYPL's Dorot Jewish Division)
    • Parts translated into English here (via JewishGen Yizkor Book Project)
    • [The Lenin Memorial Book mentions "Kozhan Horodok" in "A Winter Eve Wedding"]

DOCUMENTS
    • 1897 Russian Census -- click on Pinsk Uezd (at History of Belarussion Jewry)
           • gives Kozhan-gorodok pop. as 3294 total, 1597 Jews
    • 1875 Pinsk Uyezd draft list
    • 1906 Pinsk Uyezd Duma list: [A-H] [I-P] [Q-Z]
    • 1929 Polish Business Directory: Polish Business Directory detail
           • Kożangródek entry
 
           • Lachwa entry (see second column, 4th line from the bottom)

    • Documents in archives abroad (via Routes to Roots Foundation)
           • 1858/1905 censuses
           • 1929-1939 Polish alijah passport documents to Palestine
           • Holocaust documents in Minsk / Moscow / Pinsk

SEARCHABLE DATABASES
    • Search the JewishGen Belarus Database
    • JewishGen Family Finder
           • Click the button to find others researching Kozhanhorodok.