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Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях
Горкi
Могилёвская о́бласть
Фотографии Сигизмунд Юрковский
около 1890

Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs
Horki
Mogilev region
Photographs by Sigismund Yurkovski
about 1890

Music:
Ballade by Anton Arensky

Here I present an album of photographs of the Belarusian town of Horki taken in 1890 by the photographer Sigismund Yurkovski, from Vitebisk. When these photographs were taken, the town was in the Russian Empire.

First mentions of Horki go back to the mid 16th century when it was mentioned as a village in 1544. Trades fairs were regularly held in Horki and there were three markets within the confines of the village.
In 1840 an Agricultural School was opened h=in the village.
In 1861, Horki gained town ststus.....