Chudniv
Chudniv (Ukrainian: Чуднів, Polish: Cudnów, Yiddish: טשודנאוו, Russian: Чу́днов) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Chudniv Raion. Population: 5,357 (2022 estimate).[1]
Chudniv Чуднів | |
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Teteriv River in Chudniv | |
| Flag Coat of arms | |
Chudniv Location in the Ukraine Chudniv Chudniv (Zhytomyr Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 50°3′10″N 28°6′44″E / 50.05278°N 28.11222°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast (Provence) | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Raion (District) | Zhytomyr |
| Hromada (County) | Chudnivska |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 5,357 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History edit
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1471–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
Russian Empire 1793–1917
Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1918
Ukrainian State 1918
Directory of Ukraine 1918-1919
Soviet Ukraine 1920-1922
Soviet Union 1922–1991
Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
Ukraine 1991–present
A significant battle of the Russo-Polish War (1654-1667) was fought near the town in 1660, followed by a treaty between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks, named after the city. In 1866 Polish Romantic-era novelist Henryk Rzewuski died in Chudniv. The Jewish population was important in the town. During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and kept the Jews imprisoned in a ghetto. In 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Ukrainian policemen.[2]
Notable people edit
- Alter Chudnover, AKA Yehiel Goyzman (1846–1912), virtuoso klezmer violinist
- Menachem Ribalow – newspaper editor
- Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman – early 20th century klezmer bandleader in New York City
Gallery edit
- Chudniv by Napoleon Orda
- The Catholic church today
- Nativity Church in Chudniv
References edit
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם".