Chavusy

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Chaussy, Chavusy or Chausy (Belarusian: Чавусы; Russian: Чаусы; Łacinka: Čavusy) is a district town in western Belarusian voblast of Mahilyow.

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 a total of 1,057; and the town possessed one synagogue. In 1803 the Jewish population was 453, in a total of 1,185; in 1870 it was 2,433, in a total of 4,167; and in 1897, 2,775, in a total of 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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• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.

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	Subdivisions of Mahilyow (Mogilev) Voblast, Belarus
	Raions:	Asipovichy Raion | Bialynichy Raion | Babruysk City | Babruysk Raion | Bychaw Raion | Chavusy Raion | Cherykaw Raion | Hlusk Raion | Horki Raion | Drybin Raion | Kirawsk Raion | Klimavichy Raion | Klichaw Raion | Krasnapolle Raion | Krychaw Raion | Kruhlaye Raion | Kastsyukovichy Raion | Mahilyow City | Mahilyow Raion | Mstsislaw Raion | Slawharad Raion | Hotsimsk Raion | Shklow Raion
	Cities:	Asipovichy | Babruysk | Bychaw | Cherykaw | Chavusy | Horki | Kastsyukovitchy | Klimavichy | Krychaw | Mahilyow | Mstsislaw | Slawharad | Shklow