Chudniv (Ukrainian: Чуднів, 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).[1]
History
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1471–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
Russian Empire 1793–1917
Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1918
Ukrainian State 1918
Soviet Ukraine 1920-1922
Soviet Union 1922–1991
Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
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 Germans and Ukrainian policemen.[2]
Notable people
- Alter Chudnover, AKA Yehiel Goyzman (1846–1912), virtuoso klezmer violinist
- Menachem Ribalow – newspaper editor
- Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman – early 20th century klezmer bandleader in New York City
Gallery
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Chudniv by Napoleon Orda -
The Catholic church today -
Nativity Church in Chudniv
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם".
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