Chaussy, Chavusy or Chausy (Belarusian: Чавусы; Russian: Чаусы; Łacinka: Čavusy) is a town in the eastern Belarusian voblast of Mahilyow. Chavusy serves as an administrative center of Chavusy Raion. As of 2009, its population was 10,692.[1]
It once was a substantial Jewish shtetl, which dated from the 17th century, as appears from a charter granted to the Jews January 11, 1667, by Michael Casimir Pacz, castellan of Vilna, and confirmed by King August III. March 9, 1739. In 1780, at the time of a visit of Catherine II, there was a Jewish population of 355, in 1,057; and the town possessed one synagogue. In 1803 the Jewish population was 453, in 1,185; in 1870 it was 2,433, in 4,167; and in 1897, 2,775, in about 6,000. Some of the Jewish artisans were employed in the tanneries and in silk and woolen factories. The Jewish population in the district of Chaussy (including the town) in 1897 was 7,444, or 8.42 per cent of the total population.
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Coordinates: 53°48′N 30°58′E / 53.8°N 30.967°E / 53.8; 30.967
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herman Rosenthal (1901–1906). "Chaussy". Jewish Encyclopedia. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=392&letter=C.
