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Kiev Oblast or Kyiv Oblast Київська область . Kyivs’ka oblast ; also referred to as Kyivshchyna – Київщина is an oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kiev ( Київ , Kyiv ), which also serves as the capital of Ukraine. Despite being located in the center of the Kiev Oblast, and hosting the governing bodies of the oblast, Kiev itself is a sel...
Grand Princes of Kiev (Великий князь киевский). From the legendary Prince of Kiev, Bozh, to Simonas Olelkaitis Prince of Kiev in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. == Overview ==Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes Grand Duke of Kiev) was the title of the Kievan prince and the ruler of Kievan Rus.== Origin ==The Annals of St. Bertin (Annales Bertiniani) for the year 839 became the first written record on...
This project is directed towards Jewish families from the town of Makariv, Ukraine. Makariv (Макарів or Макаров) founded in 1550 is the administrative center of the Makariv Raion in the Kiev Oblast. In the 19th century and the early 20th century many Jewish families lived there. [ ].
This is a project for Jewish families from the town of Radomyshl (Yiddish: ראַדאָמישל, Russian: Радомышль, Ukrainian: Радомишль) in what is now the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine. Before the establishment of the modern state of Ukraine, the town was part of the Kiev Governate of the Russian Empire, and later the Zhytomyr Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR. Radomyshl is situated on the left bank of Teteriv...
Kyiv or Kiev (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. Its population in July 2015 was 2,887,974 (though higher estimated numbers have been cited in the press),[ making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
I am searching for relatives and ancestors who lived in and around Kiev. The farthest back I can go is to my third great grandfather Aaron HaCohen Mednikopff or, more likely Mednikopff. He had a sister, Tuba or Taube. He was married twice, and his second wife was Hannah. She died in 1913. I have no dates for Aaron. Hannah and Aaron lived in Kiev, and had seven children: Usher (1840-1930s), Minn...
This project seeks to bring together all the Dworkis families of Ukraine, and related families, including those of Moldova/Bessarabia. Many of the Dworkis ancestors who emigrated in the early 20th century cited "Russia" as their birth country, since Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire at that time, so Dworkis families from Russia must also be considered as potential relatives of the rest. Th...
Velvel Rubinov Verlotzsky (1871-1945) was the son of Reevan Verlotzsky and Tuba (Taube?) Mednikov (Mednikopff). He was born in Radomyshl, Zhitomer, Ukraine. He married Rissel Hirsch (1874-1959), who was the great niece of Tuba. They had seven surviving daughters: Sonia/Sophie (1895-1971), Nechama/Nora (1897-1984), Malke/Mollie 1898-1980, Nussi 1901-1983, Hana/Helen (1905-1991), Golde/Gertrude (...