The local church has not preserved information about its origins here. The Jewish half of Rechitsa has 7,000 residents in the Jewish half. The Jews have a wooden synagogue and six prayer houses located in private homes. The population was 114 residents bigger in the summer of 1885 than it was a year earlier. Rechitsa is home to the district government, a court of inquiry, a draft office, and a dean.
Industry is represented by a small brickyard.
There are also some shabby representatives of the trades. The wealthy inhabitants are mostly Belarusan, with some Ukrainian blood. They own up to 4,500 morg of arable land and pasture. They occupy themselves with agriculture, fattening hogs, fishing and rafting. The municipality has authority over houses and factories.