Burshtyn
Burshtyn
Бурштин Burshtyn | |
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Etymology: Amber (in Ukrainian and Polish) | |
Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 24°37′40″E / 49.25833°N 24.62778°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
Municipality | Burshtyn |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 14,737 |
Burshtyn (
It developed rapidly and significantly grew in population during the Soviet period. Administratively, Burshtyn is incorporated as a city of regional significance.
The town, which was one of the Jewish
One of its landmarks is the
History
The first mention of this town was in a Halych history book from 1596, where it was referred to as Nove Selo (New village), although the town establishment dates back to 1554.[citation needed] In the second half of the 16th century, the town belonged to the Polish noble Skarbek. In October 1629, a famous battle took place near the city, in which the registered Cossacks and the crown army under the command of Stefan Chmielecki defeated the Tatar attackers led by Salamet-Geray, who were returning with loot from the Belz land.[3] From 1630, the owner of Burshtyn was the tycoon Jabłonowski. during the Polish-Turkish wars of the 17th century (1629, 1675), the city was repeatedly destroyed by raids by Tatars and Turks.
In 1809,
There is an old Jewish cemetery in Burshtyn, the only surviving testament of once thriving Jewish community in the city. In 1942, there were around 1,700 Jews residing in Burshtyn. German troops entered Burshtyn in July, but in a few weeks the Ukrainian militia were in control. During that time, they initiated a pogrom against the Jews with many arrested, beaten, and robbed. Some Jewish leaders were gathered in the synagogue where they were humiliated, beaten, and had their beards shorn. Ukrainians drank and celebrated throughout the night, while Jews were beaten on the street and their properties looted. When the Germans took control, they established a ghetto and conscripted Jews for forced labor in the town and elsewhere. Jews were rounded up in September and October 1942. Many were killed in the town by German security services and Ukrainian auxiliary police. Most were sent to Belzec where they were immediately murdered or to the Rohatyn ghetto where they were later murdered or sent on to Belzec.[4]
The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century with the last known
It was in
Notable people
- Eurovisionparticipant
- Oksana Kuziv, Ukrainian writer, poet, and journalist
- Zdzislaw Adamczyk (1886–1940) – Colonel of the
- Lwow University
- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer lived in the town in 1809.
Gallery
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The old Jewish cemetery in Burshtyn
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Burshtyn railway station
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Cathedral in Burshtyn
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Amber 1837. Engraving Karel Auer
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Ninth issue of standard postage stamps
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Sculpture of Soccer ball near the sports complex
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The tomb-chapel of the Skarbeks and Yablonovskys (1813) on the old
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Jewish cemetery (Amber)
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Pipes of Burshtyn TES
See also
References
- ^ "Бурштинська міська громада - Івано-Франківська область". gromada.info. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Рудницький С. Українські козаки // Коли земля стогнала / упорядник, автор передмови В. Щербак. — К.: Наукова думка, 1995. — С. 259—260. — ISBN 5-319-01072-9.
- ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
Further reading
- Weiner, Miriam; Ukrainian State Archives (in cooperation with); Moldovan National Archives (in cooperation with) (1999). "Chapter 11: Town Clips: Burshtyn". Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories (PDF). Secaucus, NJ: Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation. p. 407. OCLC 607423469.