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Directly below is the First Image of the First Set - ‘The History of the Jews of Mir’ by Dr. N.M. Gelber
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Translation of First Image:
Mir was one of the ancient cities in Lithuania, in which there were fierce battles between Prince Witold? and the crusaders which supported his enemy Shvidrogialo?. In the year 1395 they infiltrated Mir, set it on fire and destroyed it completely. In the year 1434 the city was given, along with all its property, to Semyon Gedygoldovichu. the castellan of Vilna and he gave over the entire estate to his daughter Anna Botrimov?. When she died in the year 1476, the city was passed on to her relative Yuri Ilyinich?

During the years 1490-1568 Mir belonged to the Ilyinich family, who built a palace with a sophisticated fortress, organized the administration of the property and also expanded the boundaries of the estate, by acquiring new villages in the surrounding area.

After the death of Yuri Ilyinich, his son Shchastny (Felix Schastny)?, who married Sophia, the daughter of Jan Mikolaj Radziwill, inherited the city. When Shchastny died, Prince Ferdinand took upon himself the education of his son George. Because of his excellence and distinction in the army, he received from the Czar the title “count of the Russian empire” (1555).

George died childless and bequeathed all his belongings (1568) to Mikolaj Kryshtofu Radziwill who was known by the nickname “The Orphan”.

From the year 1568 Mir belonged to the Radziwill family from Nesvizh. Mir was 4 miles away from the center of the Nesvizh estate and remained the property of the Radziwill family. Young Radziwill was sent for advanced study to the court of the Czar until 1813.

We need a translation of the caption under the picture above for this image, anyone? Also translations of the pages below

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