Boguslav
Bohsla (Yiddish), Boslw (German), Богуслав – Boguslav (Russian), Богуслав – Bohuslav (Ukrainian) Boguslav is a city (since 1938), district center in the Kiev region. Since 1360 – in the Great Kingdom...
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Skver, Skvir, Skwere (Yiddish Transliteration), Skwira (Polish), Сквира – Skvira (Russian), Сквира – Skvyra (Ukrainian), סקווירא (Yiddish) Skvyra is a town in the Kiev Oblast (province) of central...
View ArticleRadomyshl
Radomishel (Yiddish), Radomishl, Radomyszl, Radomyschl (German), Radomyshl’ (Ukrainian), Radomysl’ (Russian), Radomyśl (Polish) Radomyshl (Ukrainian: Радомишль, translit., Radomyshl’) is a historic...
View ArticleJewish house in museum
During my last trip to Uzhgorod I visited local Museum of Folk Architecture near custle. Among different wooden buildings and household constructions of XIX century stand one pisant house with David...
View ArticleNarodichi
Naroditch (Yiddish), Naroditschi (German), Narodychi (English), Narodyci, Bolshie Narodichi, Narodycze (Polish), Народичи – Narodichi (Russian), Народичі – Narodychi (Ukrainian) Narodichi is a city...
View ArticlePriluki bad news
Lipin Pavel Grigorevich (1941-2013) Today died Lipin Pavel Grigorevich. For many years he was a Head of Priluki Jewish Community, conducted Jewish Holidays, oraganized sunday school for children and...
View ArticleTzadikim graves in Ukraine
I have decide to create one page with the list of all Tzadikim graves in Ukraine because can find such information in one place in one language. Information will be published in blocks devided by...
View ArticleBratslav
Bracław (Polish), Bratzlav, Bratslaw, Brazlaw, Braclav, Broslev, בראָסלעוו (Yiddish), Браслав – Braslav (Formerly), Брацлав (Ukrainian), Брацлав – Bratslav (Russian) Bratslav is a townlet in Ukraine,...
View ArticleBobrovytsia
Bobrovitza (Yiddish), Bobrowica (Polish), Bobrowyzja (German), Бобровица – Bobrovitsa (Russian), Бобровиця (Ukrainian). Bobrovytsia is a city (since 1958) in Chernihiv region of Ukraine. Population is...
View ArticleRomny
Rommy, Romen, Ромни (Ukrainian), Ромны – Romny (Russian) Romny , city in Sumy district, Ukraine. The beginnings of a Jewish community date from the 18th century. In 1803 there were 127 Jews in the...
View ArticleDunaevtsy
Dinewitz, Dinovits, Dunivits, Dunayevitz, Dinovitz (Yiddish), Dunajevcy, Dunaivci, Dunaivtsi, Dunaje, Dunajowce (Polish), Дунаевцы – Dunaevtsy (Russian), Дунаївці (Ukrainian) Dunaivtsi is the capital...
View ArticleKamyanets-Podolskiy
Kamenets-Podolski, city in Khmelnitski district (until the 1950s district capital), in Ukraine. Under the rule of Lithuania from the 14th century, and after the union with Poland (1569) under...
View ArticleMedzhibozh
Medschybisch (German), Medzibezh, Medzibozh, Mezhibezh, Mezhybozhe (Alternative Name), Mejibuji (Turkish), Międzybórz, Międzybóż, Międzybuż (Polish), Międzybóż, Medschybisch, Smiedzyborz (Alternative...
View ArticleWeekly Update
During last few months I changed website design and added different usefull features for more confortable reading. There were added many youtube video from Yad Vashem and other sources which related to...
View ArticleNovgorod-Seversky
Novgorod-Seversky, city in Chernigov district, Ukraine. During the 14th century, Novgorod-Seversky was conquered by the princes of Lithuania; in the 16th and 17th centuries it was alternately in the...
View ArticleIzyaslav
Izyaslav (formerly Zaslavl) city in Khmelnitski region (former Kamenets-Podolski), Ukraine. Situated on the Horyn river, the city dates back to the 11th century. It is one of the oldest cities in...
View ArticleBerezna
Berezna is a town in Chernigov oblast, Ukraine. Population in 2011 was 4902 persons. Beginning There were no Jews in the town at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1847 the Jewish community of...
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- added articles about Berezna and Novgorod-Seversky - due to help of Anna Roizner was created article about Izyaslav - added list of arrested Zionist activist in Priluki in the 1920′s - was added...
View ArticleBorzna
Borzna is a historic town in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Borzna district in the Chernihiv region. The estimated population of the town is around 10,640 (as of 2011)....
View ArticleDied last Jew in Medzhibozh
Last Jew in Medzhibozh Vladimir Semenovich Dilman died in August 16, 2014. He was 97 years old…
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