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It is believed that the term Chashniki comes from the Belarusian word, Chashnik[be-tarask] (Чашнік) which referred to an official who would pour drinks for the Lithuanian prince. Another possible etymology comes from the Chashnitsy lowlands[be-tarask], which connects the name of the settlements to [in the] bowl.[3]
The town was formerly home to the Chashniki castle, which was erected during the Livonian War under order of Ivan the Terrible. It burned down during the Great Northern War during the advancement of Peter the Great's troops through the area.[5]
In the 19th century, the town conducted trade with the city of Riga, selling grain, flax, and timber.[4]
Chashniki has historically had two churches. The first was the Church of St. Luke and Dominican Monastery[be-tarask], a baroque church erected in the 17th century, and monastery founded by Dominik Służka in 1674.[4] In c.1842, the Dominican monastery was closed and the church was converted into a regular Catholic parish church, and then in 1868 it was converted into a Orthodox church.[4] It was demolished by Soviet authorities in 1964. The second was the Church of the Holy Savior (Chashniki)[be-tarask], an example of classicism established in 1843. It was restored in 2000.
In 1897, out of a total population of 4,590, about 4,000 (87%) were Jews. Besides those engaged in dairying, which was entirely in the hands of the Jewish population, there were 310 Jewish artisans and 99 Jewish journeymen.
In 1906, according to the statistical data of the state archive of the Vitebsk province, the total number of residents of Chashniki was 5,530 people. Of these, 4,276 (77%) were Jews, 1,254 were Christians.
1 2 3 4 5 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol.I. Warszawa. 1880. pp.775–776.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ Tkachoŭ, M.A. (1991). Zamki i li͡u︡dzi (in Belarusian). Minsk: Navuka i tėkhnika. p.184. ISBN9785343008807.
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