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Church in Chomsk

Until the end of the XVIII century the owners of Chomsk were the Oginski family, unfortunately it is not known in what year they bought (or were given) the land. The first mention of the church just coincides with the dates when they were the owners of Homsk. According to the documents stored in RGIA, the oldest mention of the church in Chomsk as a Uniate church is a document from 1698 to 1801.

David Staiman

David Barnard Steinman was an American bridge engineer. According to one version, he was born on June 11, 1886 in Chomsk, Drohiczynski district, in a Jewish family. At the age of 4 years migrated to the United States with his family. According to the second version David was born already in New York, when his family was already living in the United States. The Steinmaen family lived in Chomsk, Drohiczynski uyezd, Grodno province and were Jews.

Jozef Fischer

Jozef Fischer was born in 1840 in Chomsk in a Jewish family. It is not known in what year his family moved to Krakow. But already there in his adult life he was the owner of a printing house, he was also a singer and a money-changer. For many years he was chancellor at the Reform Templum synagogue in Krakow on Med Street. He also taught singing. He died in 1914 in Krakow.