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[[File:Old_manor_house_of_BohdanowDom w Bohdanowie.jpg|thumb|right|A 1902 painting of the Bohdanow manor house by [[Ferdynand Ruszczyc]]]]{{Citations needed|date=June 2024}}

'''Bohdanow''' was before WW2[[World War II]] a property in [[Belarus]]. It was seated on the way from [[Vilnius]] to [[Wolozyn]], through [[OszmaniaAshmyany]], some {{convert|80 |km|0|abbr=on}} from Vilnius.

The property included the Bohdanow<ref>Roman Aftanazy, "Dzieje Rezydencji na dawnych kresach Rzeczpospolitej", printed by the Osslinski publishing house in Wroclaw 1993, volume 4, p.37-45 and p. 120-121</ref> area with two manor houses, one old, made of wood, from 1690 and the other in classic 17th century stile with column outside holding the roof of the building. Bohnadow included also the land of Goreckowszczyzna, Holoblewszczyzna with another manor house and Rymowicze (now {{ill|Rymavichy|be|Рымавічы}}), in total about {{convert|10000|ha|0}}. It was formerly a part of Prince [[PrinceBohdan Pawłowicz Sapieha|Bohdan Pawłowicz Sapieha]]'s]] property and was named after its owner.{{cn|date=June 2023}}

In the 16th century, the manor was passed from the Sapieha famliyfamily to the [[Pac family]], then to [[Danielewicz]] of [[Ostoja coat of arms]]. In 1742, [[Franciszek Danielewicz]] sold all the Bohdanow properties to his clan brother ([[Clan of Ostoja]]) [[Tomasz Lachowiecki-Czechowicz]] of [[Ostoja coat of arms]] and his wife Barbara Sulistrowska. Bohdanow was owned by the Czechowicz family until 1836 when part of the Bohdanow property, mainly Bohdanow with the Manor houses, was sold to [[Ferdynand Ruszczyc]] of Lis coat of arms. During that time Czechowicz raised several buildings on the property, created a park, and raised beavers.

FerdinandFerdynand Ruszczyc <!-- birthdate (1786-1848) -->and his wife Anna Czechowicz developed the property further. They tended the property well, and conserved the wooden church on the property built during its ownership by the Pac family. The grandson of Ferdinand Ruszczyc was also given the name FerdinandFerdynand and he was the one to continue managing the property doing conservation work on the property.

The last owner of the Bohdanow was the son of FerdiandFerdinand, Edward Ruszczyc <!-- (born in 1915) -->and was managing the property together with his wife Krystyna Czechowicz.

The younger [[FerdinandFerdynand Ruszczyc]] (1870-19361870–1936) was a well known artist and he made several drawings and paintings of the Bohdanow landscape,<ref>[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?s=5d0bc02be5d1b2ddc53d876a15940149&p=25311126&postcount=2070]</ref> the old Manor house and of the interior inside both manor houses. Paintings and drawing are now in the possession of the National Museum in Warsaw. FerdinandRuszczyc was also professor of [[Stefan Batory University]] in [[Vilnius]].

Bohdanow was totally destroyed during the [[World War II]], and after the war the Belarus administration razed the remaining park and cut down all the trees around the property, making open field.

What is left of the Bohdanow property are a few paintings and drawings by Ferdinand Ruszczyc, some photos and written stories about the Bohdanow to be found in the epic work of [[Roman Aftanazy]], ''Dzieje Rezydencji na dawnych kresach Rzeczpospolitej''<ref>Roman Aftanazy, "Dzieje Rezydencji na dawnych kresach Rzeczpospolitej", printed by the Osslinski publishing house in Wroclaw 1993, volume 4, p.37-45 and p. 120-121</ref> where old properties, castles and manor houses in [[Lithuania]], Belarus and [[Volyn]] (today southeastsouthwest of Ukraine) that have not survived the WWIIWorld War II have been documented.