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Russian Empire Vilna Governorate Signature and Cachet of a Rabbi on Birth certificate of a Jewish boy Movsha Kaplan, 1912, in Russian - Russian Empire Vilna Governorate Signature and Cachet of a Rabbi on Birth certificate of a Jewish boy Movsha Kaplan, 1912, in Russian 2 pages, tax stamps, size: 22.5 x 17.8 cm. (8.8 x 7 inches). Good condition M. V. D. Disna district rabbi. Birth certificate. December 27, 1912 No. 578 City of Disna, Vilna Governorate This is given in that, according to the birth register of Jews in the city of Disna for 1892, under No. 33, the following article was recorded: One thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, April 21, a son, Mikhoel-Movsha, was born to the tradesman Zalman Mikhoel-Movsha, son of Ber Bentsionovich Kaplan, and his lawful wife Beyla. According to the information I have collected and having become familiar with everything, Mikhoel-Movsha, tradesman Zalman Kaplan and his lawful wife Beyla, had a son, Mikhoel-Movsha, who was given the name Mikhoel-Movsha. Rabbi [signature illegible] This birth certificate was issued (attached stamps: 60 kopecks and 50 kopecks) Which I certify by signature and seal. Disna Rabbi Cachet with image of tablets and inscription: ”Disna Rabbi. Local government”) Reverse side (postscript): With original entry in the book of Jews born in the city of Disna for 1892 in accordance with. Extract issued by order of the Vilna Provincial Government. December 30, 1912 (Cachet: ”Vilna province. Disna tax inspector”) Signature: [illegible, possibly ”Senior clerk”] The Disna uezd was a county (uezd) of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd was bordered by the Dvinsk uezd of the Vitebsk Governorate to the north, the Minsk uezd of the Minsk Governorate to the east, the Vileyka uezd to the south, the Sventsyany uezd to the southwest, and the Novoaleksandrovsk uezd of the Kovno Governorate. The uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Disna, which was belonged to present-day Dizsna in Belarus. The territory of Disna uezd corresponds to a part of the present-day Miory, Hlybokaye, Sharkawshchyna, and Pastavy districts of Vitebsk Region.