You could find out the news of the Grodno province, details of the life of Grodno residents in the XIX century, get useful tips and find the necessary announcements in the newspaper "Grodno Provincial News".
Very few numbers of this source of knowledge on the history of the region have been preserved in the collections of Belarus. The National Library was lucky enough to replenish its collection with 64 copies of the 1840s.
Grodno Provincial Gazette is a government newspaper published in the provincial printing house during 1838-1915. In the 1840s it was printed on hand–made paper without a watermark. It is worth noting that the size of the newspaper was small compared to modern periodicals. The emblem of the province was placed on the first sheet of all the numbers.
The official government newspaper published state documents, as well as materials of local authorities. Of particular interest is the unofficial part, which includes a variety of materials on the history of the region, its ethnography, archeology, local history, medicine, education, trade, agriculture, industry, etc. The publication also published works of fiction and oral folk art. As today, advice, private ads and advertisements were posted.
The issues of the newspaper contain the names and surnames of the inhabitants of the province, which can become popular information for genealogy researchers.
The Grodno Provincial News is a valuable national document that can become an object of research for philologists, historians, religious scholars, cultural scientists and anyone interested in the history of their native land.
The material is presented by the Research Department of Book Studies.
