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	Petrovichi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Petrovichi (In Russian: Петровичи) is a Russian village in Smolensk Oblast.
		Before the October Revolution Petrovichi was a shtetl of Klimavichy uyezd (district) of Mogilev guberniya of Imperial Russia.
		Petrovichi was an important hub of the wheat trade, and Jewish traders in wheat were respected for their honesty and efficiency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petrovichi (431 words)

	Brest BY 2003
		But probably my best memory will be the warm hospitality and the endless inventiveness of the Belorussian volunteers and the nights around the bonfire with songs full of melancholy and interesting discussions fueled by vodka.
		The project took place in the village Petrovichi in the Brest region (close to the Polish border).
		Petrovichi, a small village near Brest, Brest Region, Belarus.
	users.pandora.be /ppf2/Brest/brest_2003.htm (343 words)

	Isaac Asimov Birthplace Memorial Stone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A copper memorial plaque that used to be mounted on the stone is now kept in the village administration office to protect it from theft.
		Pictured from left to right are Isay Azimov; a teacher at Petrovichi's local school; Isay's cousin Edward Azimov; and Edward's grandaughter.
		This picture was taken during Isay and Edward's visit to Petrovichi in 1999.
	www.asimovonline.com /oldsite/asimov_birthplace.html (103 words)

	Isaac Asimov
		It has been said that Isaac Asimov defined the voice of science fiction, setting the norm that all others followed or varied from.
		Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia (near Smolensk) in 1920, around 2 January.
		Although his parents, Anna Rachel and Judah Asimov, were Jews, they did not raise the young Isaac to be religious.
	www.nndb.com /people/702/000023633 (1332 words)

	Asimov's I, Robot
		Isaac Asimov was called a "genius" …"the nearest thing to a human writing machine"..."a natural wonder." His writing career spanned more than forty-five years and produced 477 published books of nearly every type of fiction and nonfiction.
		Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia in 1920, and emigrated to Brooklyn, New York with his parents in 1923.
		He was accepted to Columbia University at the age of 15, and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1939, and in 1942 interrupted his doctoral studies to serve as a chemist in the US Navy until 1945.
	www.iit.edu /~cs485/reports/asimovsi.htm (1558 words)

	Petrovichi, Vileika uyezd, Vilna gubernia, Belarus
		There is an article about Petrovichi in the Russian language Jewish Encyclopedia (Evreiskaya Encyclopedia).
		There may also be information on the Belarus SIG website under an alternate name of Petrovichi.
		There may also be information in the USHMM database under an alternate name of Petrovichi.
	jewishgen.org /belarus/shtetls/shtetl_detail.php?filename=spetrovichivv (651 words)

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		10 vols BY 9.2 Petrovichi, near Brest (archaeological) 25/07-8/08.
		The history of inhabitants of this picturesque place is closely connected with history of Gothic tribes.
		B: Sleeping bag, mattress, working clothes and gloves, strong shoes etc. Different materials about your country: something to see, to touch, ect Participation fee — 35 euro (the project has no financial support, money will go directly to the project).
	www.inexsda.cz /nabidka/originaly04/belarus_ng.txt (396 words)

	Official Internet Site of Klimovichi district administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		- From Hotovizh to Petrovichi - 47 versts 221 sazhens.
		- From Zabelyshev through Petrovichi up to Mstislavski district - 61 versts 84 sazhens.
		The railway station in Klimovichi was opened on May 1, 1921.
	klimovichi.belros.info /eng/tra.shtml (225 words)

	Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Isaac Asimov was born on January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi, Russia.
		In 1923 his family moved to America and owned a series of candy stores in Brooklyn.
		The Foundation novels were originally a trilogy containing the middle three, but Asimov later expanded the series with sequels and prequels to connect his universe.
	www.arches.uga.edu /~rustyb/univ1120project.htm (336 words)

	Asimov, The Good Doctor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Isaac Asimov's remarkable life, chronicled in In Memory Yet Green (1979) and In Joy Still Felt (1980), two volumes of one of several autobiographies, lasted seventy-two years.
		Born in Petrovichi, Russia, to Juda Asimov and Anna Rachel Berman Asimov around 2 January 1920, Asimov entered the United States on 3 February 1923 and stayed in Brooklyn, working in family candy stores.
		Attending graduate school at Columbia University, Asimov aimed for a master's degree and a Ph.D. in chemistry but, interrupted by World War II, had to work at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and serve in the United States Army for more than four years before resuming study and earning a doctorate in 1948.
	www.bewilderingstories.com /issue8/asimov.html (1625 words)

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		Lists of households for the Petrovichi volost; lists of residents for the village of Malaya Rusilovka
		Lists of households for the Petrovichi volost; lists of residents for the village of Petrovichi
		Lists of households for the Petrovichi volost; lists of residents for the village of Yulyanovo
	archives.gov.by /egobl/eRnov_r.htm (403 words)

	Asimov Family Tree
		Expert Question: My family is from the same town as Isaac Asimov - Petrovichi, Belarus.
		Expert Answer: One of the the Family Tree Expert's clients was also from Petrovichi, Belarus so while we researched their family, we researched the famous Asimov families from that town.
		Click here to download a part of the book entitled, The Asimov Families of Petrovichi, Belarus.
	www.familytreeexpert.com /fte/answers/asimov_family_tree.htm (119 words)

	Isaac Asimov
		For an impoverished child whose family could not afford to buy books, the library was the open door to wonder and achievement, and I can never be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit to charge through that door and make the most of it." (from
		Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, as the son of Judah Asimov and Anna Rachel Berman Asimov.
		His father was educated within the limits of Orthodox Judaism, but religion did not play a central role in Isaac's childhood.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /asimov.htm (2422 words)

	Isaac Asimov Web Page At MyStarLinks.com
		Isaac Asimov (, Petrovichi et né le 2 janvier 1920 et...
		Isaac Asimov is interviewed by Don Swaim of CBS Radio.
		Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia in 1920, and emigrated to...
	www.mystarlinks.com /stars/isaacasimov.php (690 words)

	Biography of Isaac Asimov \| Life of Isaac Asimov
		Place of Birth: Petrovichi, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
		The author of nearly five hundred books, Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) is esteemed as one of the finest writers of science fiction and scientific fact in the twentieth century.Asimov was born on January 2, 1920, to middle-class Jewish parents in Petrovichi, Russia, then part of the Smolensk district in the Soviet Union.
		His family immigrated to the United States in 1923, settling in Brooklyn, New York, where they owned and operated a candy store.
	www.essayboom.com /biographies/Isaac_Asimov-30328.html (232 words)

	Pravda.RU Bear attacks two men
		On Saturday, a wandering bear attacked two people in the taiga, three kilometers away from the village of Petrovichi, Khabarovsk territory, reported the press service of the local interior office.
		According to the press service, the attack was quick and unexpected.
		A typically New Year-time contraband was arrested on the Primorye section of the Russian-Chinese border, reported the press center of the Pacific regional department of Russia's Federal Border Service.
	newsfromrussia.com /region/2002/12/30/41510.html (2034 words)

	Ref: Philosophers of the Second Half of the 20th Century - By Miles Hodges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		But of course he is best known for his many science fiction novels and short stories.
		He was born in Petrovichi, near Smolensk, Russia, in early 1920, but moved with his family in 1923 to the United States.
		He went on to study chemistry at Columbia University in the 1930s and 1940s and then to teach biochemistry at Boston University (School of Medicine) in the 1950s.
	www.newgenevacenter.org /reference/20b-philosophy2.htm (2592 words)

	Petrovichi, Russia \| Map, Time Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Be the first person to to post a blog entry about Petrovichi, Russia
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		Correct errors or omissions about this place
	www.travelpost.com /AS/Russia/Smolensk/Petrovichi/1574896 (55 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Isaac Asimov was born on January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi, USSR and at the age of three his family emigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn where his father ran a candy store.
		A bright child who taught himself to read at the age of five and got to read all the science fiction magazines in his father's candy store.
		Redistribution, publication, or archiving of these reviews on any other terms require my consent.
	members.aol.com /bookviewzine/myhomepage/issue71.html (1826 words)

	Isaac Asimov FAQ
		His body was cremated and his ashes were not interred.
		Asimov was born (officially) January 2, 1920, in the town of Petrovichi (pronounced peh-TRUV-ih-chee), then in the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (czarist Russia no longer existed, while the USSR hadn't formed yet) and now in Russia.
		It can be found at latitude 53.58 N, longitude 32.10 E, about 400 km.
	www.asimovonline.com /asimov_FAQ.html (12119 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: The End of Eternity
		The SF Site Featured Review: The End of Eternity
		Isaac Asimov was born in 1920 in the town of Petrovichi, Russia.
		When his family came to the US in 1923, they moved to Brooklyn, NY, eventually settling nearby one of the several candy stores bought by his father.
	www.sfsite.com /10b/ee91.htm (1168 words)

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