compiled by
Ellen Sadove Renck from the sources at the bottom of the page
Dakudava(Belorussian
spelling), Dokudovo(Russian spelling), Dokudowo (Polish spelling)
and the dependent villages of Mikulicze,
Olchowka, Pudzin, and Wasilewicze
Village, center of its village government in Lida
district, on the bank of the river Neman, twenty-five kilometers from
Lida. 1995 population: 770 people living in 334 houses.
Dokudovo was known before the second half of the
fourteenth century as a Grand Principality property. In 1392, there was
a war between Great Lithuanian Principality Grand Duke Votovt and Duke
Korobut Algerdovich near Dokudovo. In 1436, Kuchuk owned the village.
In the beginning of the sixteenth century it was owned by Kishki. Close
to 1513, in accordance with the agreement of Barbara Kishchanka, the
estate of Dakudovo became her husband's property. Her husband was the
Governor of Grodno, Yuri Radzivil. The Catholic church was built there
in 1533.
In 1669, Dokudovo was mestechko (small city) in
Lida povet. In seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Calvinist Zbor
took place there. In 1763, there were thirty-seven houses. In 1795,
Dokudovo belonged to the Russian Empire. In 1809, there were
thirty-four houses and a church there. In the nineteenth and beginning
of the twentieth centuries, the village was the volostj center in Lida
povet of Vilna guberniya and was the property of Radzivil.
In 1886, there were 378 people, twenty-eight
houses, a church, a school, and a tavern. In the beginning of the
twentieth century, 566 people lived there. In 1915 and during the World
War I, the German Army occupied the territory. In 1919, the Red Army
and Polish troops occupied it. In 1921, Dakudava belongs to Poland in
Lida powiat of Novogrudok voevodstvo as a miasteczko (small city or
town) and a wies (village) and gmina (town). The justice of the peace
was in Lida and the justice court in Wilno. The post office and
telegraph were in Dokudowo and the telephone in Lida or Iwje k. Lidy.
The 1928 population was 654. The railway was twenty-one km. away in
Niemen. Center of village government, Dokudowo had one Greek Orthodox
church.
Beginning 1939, Dokudowo belonged to the
Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Beginning in 1940, it is the
center of a rural government union. During the World War II, 1941 to
1944, it was occupied by the German fascists [Nazis].
In 1970, there were 375 people living in 153 houses. Center of
collective farm "Iskra", Dokudowo has a secondary school, a
kindergarten, a club, a post-office, two shops, and a church.
Architectural monuments: two settlements, one dating from the sixth to
eighth centuries and another from the eleventh through twelfth
centuries.
Sources:
Sachenka, B.I. [editor], Encyclopedia
of the History of Belarus. Minsk: 1996. Volume 3, p. 195. Ksiega
Adresowa Handlowa, Warszawa Bydgoszcz 1929
In 1928, Dokudowo was designated as a miasteczko (small city) in the
First Uchastok, Lida powiat, Nowogrodskie voevodstvo of Poland. The
Justice of the Peace was in Lida and the Justice Court in Wilno. The
1928 population was 502. The railway station (train stop for limited
transports) was nine kilometers away in Minojty/Minoyty/Minjty (at 53º48’
25º22’) (see Honczary) on the Grodno-Mosty
line. The post office and telephone were in Dokudowo and telegraph in
Lida. Dokudowo was the community council office with one Orthodox
church.
Sources:
Ksiega Adresowa
Handlowa, Warszawa Bydgoszcz 1929
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