Chudniv
Appearance
Chudniv
Чуднів | |
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City | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
Raion | Chudniv Raion |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 5,794 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Chudniv (Ukrainian: Чуднів, Yiddish: טשודנאוו) is a city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chudniv Raion. Population: 5,794 (2013 est.)[1]
History
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. The Jewish population was important in the town. During WWII, the Germans occupied the town 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]
Gallery
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Chudniv by Napoleon Orda
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The Catholic church today
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Nativity Church in Chudniv
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=847