Surazh, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire

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Surazh, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire was a small town in the historical Chernigov region of the Russian Empire, notable as the birthplace of Soviet documentary filmmaker Esfir Shub.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
administrativeCenterOf local volost (historical rural district)
administrativeHierarchyLevel uyezd-level town
administrativeLanguageHistorical Russian
country Russian Empire
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
currencyHistorical Russian ruble NERFINISHED
demographicsHistorical multiethnic population
significant Jewish population
economyHistorical agriculture
small-scale trade
geographicalContext northern Ukraine
geopoliticalContext borderland of Russian Empire and Ukrainian lands
governingStateHistorical Russian Empire NERFINISHED
hasHeritage East Slavic rural culture
Jewish shtetl culture
hasHistoricalTerritory Russian Empire NERFINISHED
hasNotablePerson Esfir Shub NERFINISHED
hasType provincial town
historicalEventContext late imperial Russian period
pre-revolutionary Russia
historicalJurisdiction Chernigov Governorate authorities NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
inceptionTime before 1894
legalSystemHistorical laws of the Russian Empire
linkedTo history of Esfir Shub
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Chernigov Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalRegion Left-bank Ukraine NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDayCountry Ukraine NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Chernigov region NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Europe
mappingStatus appears on 19th-century Russian imperial maps
notableAs birthplace of Esfir Shub
partOf Chernigov Governorate NERFINISHED
Pale of Settlement NERFINISHED
historical Chernigov region
placeOfBirth Surazh, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire NERFINISHED
presentDayAdministrativeRegion Chernihiv Oblast (approximate)
regionType historical region
religiousCommunities Jewish community
Orthodox Christian community
significance associated with early Soviet cinema history
status small town
timeZoneHistorical Eastern European Time
transportHistorical local road network
usedLanguage Russian
Ukrainian
Yiddish

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Esfir Shub birthPlace Surazh, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire