Priluki

Posted by Chaim on Feb 19, 2012 in Chernigov region, Shtetls | 81 comments

Прилуки – Priluki (Ukrainian), פרילוקי (Hebrew) If your ancestors are Myasnikov from Priluki (or you have any information about them) – please contact me. It is possible that we are relatives 🙂 Priluki is a historic town located in Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine, center of the Prilutskiy region (not to be confused with Old Priluka – a village in the Vinnitsa region, a former shtetl). Priluki is located on the Udai River, a tributary of the Sula. The city’s estimated population is 61,600 (as of 2005). Before the Great Socialist Revolution of 1917, Priluki was the center of the Priluki Uezd of Poltava gubernia. Most valuable genealogical sources: – Jewish metric records 1855-1917 here and here     – Jewish families list 1889-1918 – heads of the Jewish families 1889-1918 Beginning Priluki first appears in the historical record in 1085....