Alternate names: Chachersk [Bel], Chechersk [Rus, Yid], Czeczersk [Pol], Čačersk, Belarusian: Чачэрск. Russian: Чечерск. Located at 52°55' N, 30°55' E, 35 miles N of Homyel (Gomel). The uprising under Bogdan Chmielnicki in 1648, taken by the Cossacks, all the Jews were murdered. 1898 Jewish population: 1,692 out of 2,819. 1900 Jewish population: 1,700. 153.7 miles ESE of Minsk, now in Gomel Oblast. Alternate name: CHECHERSK,
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), I, p. 782: "Czeczersk".
- JewishGen Belarus SIG
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), I, p. 782: "Czeczersk".
- Shtetl Finder (1980), p. 13: "Chechersk".
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 242-243: "Chechersk".
1926 Jewish population:1,313 principally engaged in commerce, but 323 in various handicrafts. 158 owned shops, 60 were wage-workers, 31 day-laborers, and 105 apprentices. Shoemaking predomined, 120 persons. March 2009]
See http://gomel.lk.net/didyou.html and http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/CHERNOB.HTM
Chechersk is in the area contaminated by Chernobyl but not restricted to visitors. Source: Franklin J. Swartz This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [December 2000]
CEMETERY:- Chachersk A Jewish cemetery still exists. Source "Saint Petersburg" This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. [December 2000].
- gravestone photos [Apr 2014]