Divin – Chronological Memoirs - 3-2: Divin Geography

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Divin – Chronological Memoirs

3-2: Divin Geography
The author gives us a picture of the region of Divin,

The territory of the Divin lands was quite marshy everywhere. In some places there are sand dunes as big as small hills. There are many different bushes and thick forests. The climate is humid, the weather is often rainy. Our soil is sandy –in places shallow humus.

To the north-east from the center of Divin is the Divin lake Luban, which was called Divin in ancient times. Past the lake there are large stretches of marshy grasslands: the tract Cossack. Farther past them, is the tract called the Great Forest, which stretches for a long distance and borders on the land of other villages.

and a close-up view of the center of the town, with streets named for their direction to nearby towns:

With the flow of time, Divin became bigger and bigger. Four right, straight [perpendicular] streets developed from the center of Divin. The town center, in which these streets {25} intersected, was called The Market. The newly-developed streets were renamed by their direction and the name of the neighboring village. Specifically:

1. The street running from Divin to the east to the town Povit, was called Povitskaya Street. Between Divin and the town of Povit was a big, thick forest divied by the road from Divin into Povit. Landmarks were placed as signs along the right side of the road. This was done so that people did not get lost in the woods and did not veer off the path. Thus, up to the present, the natural boundary there is called Vishki.

2. The street, running south, in the direction of the town of Ratno, was called Ratnenskoy.

3. The street, running to the east, in the direction of the city of Brest, was called Brestskiy Street.

4. The street running to the north-west, to the city of Kobryn, is called Kobrynskaya. All four streets start in the center, in other words, from their intersection.

Dirt roads tied Divin to its neighboring villages.

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