The manuscript "Lustrator Polocki…"

In 1772 after the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the right-bank part of Polotsk was ceded to the Russian Empire. The border of the two states has become the river Western Dvina. The Jesuit College in Polotsk became the territory of Russia. However in the left-bank part of the city of Polotsk the way of life began to change. In 1773 the Jesuit Order was dissolved. All their property was taken over by the Education Commission, which was supposed to carry out a reform of public education. Lustrator Gilaria Obranpalsky with two assistants-scribes was sent to Polotsk, who in 1774 submitted to the archive Marshal of the General Confederation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Michal Jerome Radziwill lustration Poiesuit folk on the left bank of the Dvina. Lyustrator not only conducted a census of movable and immovable property, an analysis of profits and expenses, but also suggested possible ways to increase the profitability of land. At the time of compiling lustration, the net profit from these farms was almost 64 thousand zlotys. This money went to support schools and the maintenance of teachers.

"Lustrator Polocki z Dobr Ex Iezuickih, ad Archivum J.O. Xcia; Jmci. Radziwilla, Mar. Gener. Konf .: W: X: L C.D." contains information about the 9 largest fossils of the Polotsk Jesuits and is a valuable source of the history not only Polotsk, but also the modern villages of Ekiman, Kazimirovo, Mosar. Unfortunately the manuscript hasn't been fully preserved parts A and B are missing. The parts C and D that have come down to us the final sections of the lustration are a large notebook of 36 pages of hand-stamped armored paper in cardboard binding with remnants of leather adornments. However in this form the manuscript requires detailed study and can provide useful information to its researcher.