Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Pluzhnoe Township (Pluzhanskoy)


Pluzhnoe Township (Pluzhanskoy) in 1906 covered the central area of Ostrog County directly east of Kunevskoy.  This township included the Mennonite villages of Stanislavka, Leeleva, Fuerstenthal, Mikailovka and Jadwinin.

In total, Pluzhanskoy included 33 settlements or villages in 1906.  Boroisov (Borysow) was the largest village in the township with 550 households and a population of 2,899 people.  Pluzhnoe itself was the second largest village in the township.  Other important villages included Miakoty, Gnoynitsa (New Gnojnica) and Bolotin (Bialotyn).  Miakoty and Boroisov lie directly on either side of Pluzhnoe, forming a row of 3 large villages along the road to Zaslaw.  Bolotin, a few miles north of Pluznoe, sits on the ancient road which ran through the forest from Ostrog to Zaslaw.  Bolotin was an important center for ceramic and porcelain production.

The township was characterized by hilly land with increasing forest cover, and decreasing elevation, towards the north.  In most cases, villages were built in low clearings between hills, with roads running through the valleys.  The point of greatest elevation in the township was a hill standing between Pluzhnoe and Boroisov which stands at just over 290 meters.  Lowest points were in the northeast of the township near Dertka and Siver at points barely higher than 200 meters.

Here’s a full listing of the Pluzhanskoy villages in 1906.  Note that this listing includes a village named Lesnaya as well as one named Leleva.  I’ve always thought that Lesnaya and Leleva (Leeleva) were one and the same, but perhaps they weren’t.  Maps, however, do not indicate the presence of two villages.  Furthermore, the village of Balyary is missing from this listing.  On some maps, Balyary is listed as Khoten II, so perhaps the compilers of this list included the inhabitants of Balyary with those of Khoten.

Плужанской Pluzhanskoy
(Ukr: Плужанской)
Russian Ukrainian English (from Russian) Households Police Precinct Population nearest post office
1 Бороисовъ Бороісов' Boroisov 550 #3 2899 G. Ostrog
2 Плужное Плужне Pluzhnoe 434 #3 2302 G. Ostrog
3 Мякоты М'якоти Miakoty 329 #3 1767 G. Ostrog
4 Гнойница Гнойніца Gnoynitsa 191 #3 1010 G. Ostrog
5 Хотень Хотінь Khoten 220 #3 760 G. Ostrog
6 Болотинъ Болотін' Bolotin 75 #3 710 G. Ostrog
7 Бильчинъ Більчін' Bilchin 151 #3 643 G. Ostrog
8 Майданъ Майдан' Maydan 40 #3 565 G. Ostrog
9 Войтовцы Війтівці Voytovtsy 58 #3 502 G. Ostrog
10 Дертка Дертка Dertka 31 #3 464 G. Ostrog
11 Станиславовка Станіславівка Stanislavovka 46 #3 461 G. Ostrog
12 Сторониче Стороніче Storoniche 51 #3 323 G. Ostrog
13 Лѣсня Лiсня Lesnaya 52 #3 267 G. Ostrog
14 Михайлівка Міхайлівка Mykailivka 48 #3 264 G. Ostrog
15 Радогощъ-Малая Радогощ'-Мала Radogosch-Small 43 #3 237 G. Ostrog
16 Кустарная кустарна Kustarnya 42 #3 236 G. Ostrog
17 Ядвигинъ Ядвігін' Yadvigin 44 #3 233 G. Ostrog
18 Сиверъ Сівер' Siver 21 #3 214 G. Ostrog
19 Калетинцы Калетінци Kaletintsy 41 #3 184 G. Ostrog
20 Спивачекъ Співачек' Spivachek 10 #3 151 G. Ostrog
21 Лелева Лелевой Leleva 26 #3 144 G. Ostrog
22 Борисовскй-Клиновецъ Борисовський-Кліновец' Borisovskoye-Klinovets 6 #3 72 G. Ostrog
23 Спивакъ Співак' Spivak 18 #3 71 G. Ostrog
24 Мякотский-Клиновецъ Мякотскій-Кліновец' Myakotsky-Klinovets 12 #3 60 G. Ostrog
25 Бродокъ Бродок' Brodok 9 #3 54 G. Ostrog
26 Лысая-Гора Лиса-Гора Lysa Hora 2 #3 15 G. Ostrog
27 Пивнева-Гора Півнева-Гора Pivneva Hora 2 #3 10 G. Ostrog
28 Даньковка Даньківка Dankovka 1 #3 10 G. Ostrog
29 Кпани Кпані Kpani 2 #3 7 G. Ostrog
30 Лемеши Лемеші Lemeshi 2 #3 7 G. Ostrog
31 Забавка Забавка Zabavka 1 #3 7 G. Ostrog
32 Лиски Ліски Liski 1 #3 3 G. Ostrog
33 Нево Нево Nevo 1 #3 3 G. Ostrog
2,560 14,655















The Poles mapped Western Ukraine in the 1930s.  Taken from Polish maps from the late 20s to the early 30s, these were notable locations or services in Pluzhanskoy:

Post Office: Boroisov
Water mills: Dertka, Bolotin, Spivak, Khoten, Siver, Mala Radogosch (small), Gnoynitsa and Majdan
Windmill: Boroisov
Factory: Bolotin
Natural water spring: Pluzhnoe, Boroisov, Lysa Gora
Cemetery: Jadwinin (Yadvigin), Storoniche, Miakoty, Kaletintsy, Dertka, Lesnaya, Bilchin, Gnoynitsa
Gamekeeper’s lodges: Storoniche, Bolotin, Spivak, Kozaki, Boroisov, Lysa Gora
Colonies: Stanislavka, Mikailovka, Lesnaya, Kustarnya (Fuerstenthal)
Folwork: Khoten, Miakoty, Pluzhnoe, Voytovtsy, Bilchin, Lysa Gora
Futor: Spivak, Boroisov, Bilchin
Estates: Pluzhnoe, Gnoynitsa
Notable churches: Miakoty, Pluzhnoe, Boroisov, Gnoynitsa
Apaiary: Liski, Bilchin, Lysa Gora



The presence of apiaries in the southern areas of Pluzhanskoy is interesting.  An apiary is a place where beehives are kept, otherwise known as a bee-yard.   Known as a pasika (пасіка) in Ukrainian, an apiary would have been a fenced yard in which multiple beehives were kept and tended in order to harvest honey.  Ukraine has long cultivated a bee-keeping culture and even today ranks among the world’s leaders in honey production.  Here’s an old etching of a 19th Century Ukrainian apiary, perhaps similar to those located in Pluzhanskoy.


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