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Kornyn
Kornyn is a village in Zhytomyr district, Zhytomyr region. According to the 2014 census, the village had a population of 2283 people. After the second partition of Poland in 1793, Kornyn became part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a shtetl in the Radomyshl district of Kyiv province. In the summer of 2022, I visited the town in search of any traces of the Jewish population, but I could not find anything....
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Khodorkov a village in the Zhytomyr district, Zhytomyr region. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 1,371. In 1793, after second partition of Poland, Khodorkov became part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a shtetl in the Skvira district, Kyiv province. In 1787, 349 Jews were living in the shtetl. In 1864, 1,421 Jews were living in the shtetl, comprising 43% of the population. In 1900, 3,299 Jews lived...
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The city of Pervomaysk is situated where the Siniukha River flows into the Southern Buh. It is 180 km away from Nikolayev, with a population of 82,000. Pervomaysk is an amalgamation of three earlier settlements: Olviopol, Holta and Pervomaysk. During the 18th century, the Olviopol settlement belonged to the Russian Empire, Holta belonged to Turkey, and Bogopol belonged to Poland. In 1919, these settlements were merged into a single city, thereafter called Pervomaysk. My locationGet Directions Olviopol In 1676, on...
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Volodarka, an urban settlement, district capital in the Kyiv region. In 1793, after the second division of Poland, Volodarka became part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th and early 20th century, Volodarka was a shtetl in Skvirsky county, Kyiv province. This article was translated by Maria Mafter. Jews lived in Volodarka from the 17th century. In 1750 the Jewish community was destroyed by the Haidamaks, and in 1768 the Jewish population was again plundered by the...
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Brusilov is an urban-type settlement and the district centre in the Zhytomyr region. This article was translated by Daniel Pesin. In 1793, after the second partition of Poland, Brusilov became part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th – early 20th centuries it was a shtetl in the Radomysl district of the Kyiv province. When the Jews appeared in Brusilov is not exactly known. The first documented mention of Jews in Brusilov dates back to 1609, when Polish...
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Pikov is a small village in the Kalynivka raion, Vinnytsia region of Ukraine. As of 2023, around 2,000 lived there. In the 19th – beginning of 20 century, Pikov was a shtetl of Vinnitsa uezd, Podolskaya Gubernia. In the past, Pykiv consisted of two parts called Novy Pykiv (New Pykiv) and Stary Pykiv (Old Pykiv), which were on opposite sides of the Snyvoda River. According to historical documents, they were separate towns until they merged in 1960. Before the...
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Borodyanka is an urban-type settlement (since 1957). In the XVI-XVIII centuries. – a place in the Kyiv povet (district) and voivodeship (province) at the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the second partition of the Commonwealth (1793), the shtetl of Borodyanka was part of the Russian Empire. It was a shtetl in the Kyiv district, Kyiv province. This article was created by Anna Ponomarenko and the full version can be found here Anna interviewed more than 10 people and...
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