Chudniv

Chudniv
Чуднів
Teteriv River in Chudniv
Chudniv
Location in Ukraine
Chudniv
Chudniv (Zhytomyr Oblast)
Coordinates: 50°3′10″N 28°6′44″E / 50.05278°N 28.11222°E / 50.05278; 28.11222
Country Ukraine
OblastZhytomyr Oblast
RaionZhytomyr Raion
HromadaChudniv urban hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
5,357
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Chudniv (Ukrainian: Чуднів, IPA: [ˈtʃudniu̯] ; Polish: Cudnów; Yiddish: טשודנאוו; Russian: Чуднов) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Chudniv Raion. Population: 5,357 (2022 estimate).

History

Historical affiliations

Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1471–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
 Russian Empire 1793–1917
 Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1918
Ukrainian State 1918
Directory of Ukraine 1918-1919
Soviet Ukraine 1920-1922
 Soviet Union 1922–1991
    Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
 Ukraine 1991–present

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. In 1866 Polish Romantic-era novelist Henryk Rzewuski died in Chudniv. The Jewish population was important in the town. During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and kept the Jews imprisoned in a ghetto. In 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of German policemen.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם".