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This project is an "Umbrella Project" for all of the Jewish Communities of Galicia (now Western Ukraine and Southeastern Poland). See the examples for Krakow , Lemberg , Przemyśl , Tarnopol , and Tarnow . and Daleshowa ( Jewish Communities (Shtetls) of Ukraine )>Please feel free to add more towns or create town projects for these towns and add them to this page. Then add public profiles to the ...
Kremenchuk is an important industrial city in central Ukraine, stands on the banks of the Dnieper River. The city serves as the administrative center of the Kremenchuk Raion (district) in Poltava Oblast (province). Kremenchuk is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance administered by its own city council and does not form a part of the raion. Population: 219,022 (2020 est...
The Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest population of Jews in the world. Within these territories the Jewish community flourished and developed many of modern Judaism's most distinctive theological and cultural traditions.Jews have been present in contemporary Armenia and Georgia since the Babylonian captivity. Records exist from the 4th century showing that there were Armenian cities...
"Кіровоградська область славиться природними диковинками і мальовничими панорамними видами, які часто стають окрасою портфоліо українських фотографів. Кіровоградщина розташувалася в самому центрі України, і раніше географічним центром країни позначали точку саме в цьому регіоні. У нашій добірці ви знайдете рекомендацію, куди ж поїхати в першу чергу, щоб відчути подих і атмосферу Кіровоградської...
If in your family tree you have persons who were students or teachers of the Kyiv Institute for Noble Maidens, please add them to this project. It would be great if within profile description "About" there would be a brief biography. Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project (you must be on the list of collaborators in this project to see it o...
This group focuses on the Jewish families of Sokyryany, Ukraine. ==Links==* Jewish Gen Town Finder Page * Sokyryany Google Groups
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...
Lutsk is a city in Volhynia, the Ukraine and is situated on the river Styr, 470 km from Kyiv.During World War I the Jews suffered both from the armies and from war devastation, as the town changed hands several times and was occupied by Russian and German troops.Between the world wars the Lutsk community led a rich religious and cultural life as well as several social and medical organizations,...
Vinnytsia Oblast (Ukrainian: Вінницька область, translit. Vinnyts’ka oblast’; also referred to as Vinnychchyna - Ukrainian: Вінниччина) is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. Population: 1,545,416 (2020 est.)
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from Bershad, Ukraine, also known as Bershad' [Rus, Ukr, Yid], Berschad, Barsad, Bersad', Berszad, Berșad [Rom], Berszada [Pol]. KehilaLinks - Bershad Ukraine SIG - Bershad BERSHAD, small town in *Vinnitsa district, Ukraine. Jews started to settle there at the end of the 16th century. They were butchered by one of the Cossack bands during...
Transnistria was a geographic freak, but a historic reality. The name was coined by the Fascists to designate a territory of about 16,000 square miles, designated for the annihilation of Jews deported from Romania. It was an area situated in south-western Ukraine, between the River Dniester to the west, the River Bug to the east, the Black Sea to the south, and a line beyond the city of Moghile...
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.
Coordinates : 50°00'N 26°38'E Modern Region: Khmelnytski (Khmel’nyts’ka Oblast’) Country: Ukraine Town History * Early 1600s: Jews in small numbers were present. Belogorodka then in the Kingdom of Poland. * 1747: Blood Libel court case in Zaszlav regarding a murder that took place at the Zachaliska Inn, located on the main road between Belogorodka and Mishnow (now Mykhniz). One of the defen...
This project aims to compile the names of all the Jewish citizens of Uzhhorod.Uzhhorod (Russian: Uzhgorod, Czech: Užhorod, Hungarian: Ungvár) is a city in western Ukraine. It is situated along the Uzh River just east of the Slovak border. For centuries Uzhhorod has been an important cultural, educational, religious, and economic centre of the Carpathian Mountains region.It was founded in the 8t...
The purpose of this project is to identify and connect all of the Jewish families of the small town of Chorostkow. Chorostkow, now called Khorostkiv is located between Husiatyn and Kopyczynce, on the banks of the River Taina in the Ternopil Oblast of the Ukraine in what was once Galician Podolia. The village was granted the rights of a small town by local magnate named Siamianski who invited Je...
I have started this project to give a forum for geni members who's ancestors came from the Shtetl of Dolina in the former Austro-Hungarian Province of Galicia ( now Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, as distinct from Dolina-Janov). I have started with profiles of my father, uncle, grandfathers, and one grandmother who were born there. Collaborators are welcome to add names of other Doliners to h...
This genealogy project is for the Jewish community and descendants of Linitz, now Illintsi, Ukraine. Before the establishment of modern Ukraine, the town was part of the Ukraine SSR province of the Soviet Union, and before that the Kiev province of the Russian Empire. Alternative spellings include Illintsi [Ukr], Ilintsy [Rus], Linitz [Yid], Ilince or Ilińce [Pol], Lince, Lintz, Illinci, Iljinc...
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...
Coordinates : 49°36' N, 26°31' E Modern Region: Khmelnytski (Khmel’nyts’ka Oblast’) Country: Ukraine Kupel (aka Kupil, Kippel) – Shtetl (village) located in Wolyn province of western Ukraine, 187 miles W/SW of Kiev. Population 4,333 in 1897 (2,727 Jews = 63%); app. 2,200 in 2012. Known to have had Hebrew publications as far back as 1796. “Many of the Jews in Kupel made their living by buying...
This project is for the Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture of Romania, Ukraine, and Russia.==Summary====Notables====Timeline====Links, references, and resources==*
Free Territory=Free Territory is sometimes also called Makhnovia or Makhnovschina (Ukranian: Вольная тэрыторыя (Махноўшчына)).This was a territory that organised life and operated on anarchist principles.=The project=The particular project is here to document the people involved in this struggle.=Important people=Of course, every person is "important". Listed here are those, without whom this p...
The Przemysl Ghetto is situated on the San River, in the former Lwow district of eastern Galicia. Today it is part of Podkarpackie voivodship. Before WW2 about 24,000 Jews lived in the town. The Germans entered the town for the first time on 15 September 1939. Repressions and humiliations, aimed at the Jewish population, started almost immediately. Around 20,000 Jews still lived in Przemysl at ...
Strusov is a very small town located in Ternopolskaya at 49º20 25º37, near Ternopil and 12 km from Terebovlya and 120 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at SW village, near entry from Buchach. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews. The earliest known Jewish Community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 579. The last known Chortkovskaya Hasidic burial was...
With this project we intend to find the earliest possible origin of the Steinfeld family name. Some of the starting family members of this project were born in Latvia, others in Ukraine etc. and their children generations later on moved to European countries like Norway, Sweden or Germany. Thus the search requires state and church register researches within these countries. Please feel free to ...