History of Rovno district
Wooden town
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Rivne (Rovno,Rowne) is first mentioned in documents of Grand Duchy of Lithuania in year 1434.
Jewish privileges in Poland (yea 1388)
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At that time it was tiny settlement, being sold from one owner to another. At that time it was a tiny settlement, sold more than once from one owner to another. The big towns in that region were Lutzk, Vladimir Volynsky, and Ostrog. In year 1388 Jews of Grand Duchy were given privileges by Vitauas the Great , signed in Lutzk. In year 1525 Rowne is granted the right to pass fairs.
In year 1540 the Jews of Rowno were first mentioned in documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Document is stored in Moscow State archive of "Old Acts". So for almost 100 years, from 1540 until 1648, Jews were an active part of the community, according to modern archeological research and the remaining documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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In 1620 a Jewish school near synagoge operated in Rovno. In 1629 Shkolna street (named for the Jewish prayer schools on that street), was mentioned.
Rowno Jewish community paid taxes (Year 1674)
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This street is still in current-day Rivne and there is an active synagogue situated at the very place where the wooden synagogue of ancient times was built.* There is also a document from 1674 which proves that Jews lived in Rovno and paid taxes of 48 zloty.* At that time Ostrog and Olyka were bigger towns, since they paid twice as much tax, but Rovno wasn’t considered to be tiny anymore, as there were even smaller shtetls. From 1648 till 1723 Rovno endured constant wars and disasters; its population was reduced to the minimum; and Jewish citizens either ran away or were murdered during countless robberies, murders, fires and epidemics.
In 1723 the town was bought by the Lubomirsky family and was slowly renovated and restored. In 1749 Prince Stanislav Lubomirsky afforded rights and privileges to the Jewish community of Rovno and in 1750 allowed Jewish craftsmen to have the same rights as other communities.
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Town's plan (year ??)
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Town's plan (year ??)
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