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Chudniv
Chudniv (, ; ; ; ) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Chudniv Raion. Population: History Battle of Cudnów, A significant battle of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) was fought near the town in 1660, followed by Treaty of Cudnów, a treaty between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Zaporozhian Cossacks, 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 * 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 File:Н Орда ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chudniv Raion
Chudniv Raion () was a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Chudniv. The raion covered an area of . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Chudniv Raion was merged into Zhytomyr Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was References {{Zhytomyr-geo-stub Former raions of Zhytomyr Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chudniv Urban Hromada
Chudniv (, ; ; ; ) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Chudniv Raion. Population: History 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 * 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 File:Н Орда Костьол Чуднів.JPG, Chudniv by Napoleon Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman
Shloimke Beckerman (c. 1884–1974) also known as Samuel Beckerman, was a klezmer clarinetist and bandleader in New York City in the early twentieth century; he was a contemporary of Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein. He was the father of Sid Beckerman, also a klezmer bandleader. Biography Early life Beckerman was born around May 14 or 15, 1884 in Chudniv, Russian Empire, although on some documents he gave the year as 1886. He was descended from a klezmer family which had a presence in numerous cities in Poland and Ukraine including Chudniv, Proskuriv, Rozhyshche, Rovno, Klevan, Brody, Zamość, and Berdychiv. The musician family originated with his grandfather Solomon (Shloyme) Beckerman, a self-taught violinist and multi-instrumentalist who had led his own klezmer ensemble in Chudniv. (Chudniv was also home to a competing klezmer ensemble led by the famous violinist Alter Chudnover.) He married his wife Sophia Messer while still in Europe and they had their first four childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alter Chudnover
Alter Chudnover (, 1846–1913), whose real name was Yehiel Goyzman or Hausman ( or ), was a nineteenth century Klezmer violinist from the Russian Empire. He was one of a number of virtuosic klezmers of the nineteenth century, alongside Yosef Drucker "Stempenyu", A. M. Kholodenko " Pedotser" and Josef Gusikov. He was also an early teacher to the violinist Mischa Elman. Biography Yehiel Goyzman was born in Chudniv, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Zhitomir Oblast, Ukraine) in the 1840s; some sources give the year as 1846, and others as 1849. He was born into a Klezmer family; his father Leyb Goyzman was also a violinist. Yehiel showed musical talent at an early age and was apparently sent to Warsaw to study violin; when he returned to Chudniv he joined his father's orchestra. Yehiel soon became famous as a lead violinist and teacher, and gained a reputation as a very modern instructor who required his students to be able to read sheet music and to learn modern musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Cudnów
The Battle of Chudnov (Chudniv, Cudnów) took place from 14 October to 2 November 1660, between the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, allied with the Crimean Tatars, and the Tsardom of Russia, allied with the Cossacks. It ended with a decisive Polish victory, and the truce of Chudnov (). The entire Russian army, including its commander, was taken into jasyr, jasyr slavery by the Tatars. The battle was the largest and most important Polish victory over the Russian forces until the Battle of Warsaw (1920), battle of Warsaw in 1920. Background In July 1660, tsar Alexis I of Russia ordered Vasily Sheremetev to resume the sporadic Russo-Polish War (1654–1667), and push the Poles west, taking Lwów (Lviv) and securing disputed Ukraine, Ukrainian territories for Russia. In September 1660, the commander of the Russian army, Sheremetev – acting on misleading information greatly underestimating the numerical strength of the Polish army – decided to seek out and destro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menachem Ribalow
Menachem Ribalow (1895 – September 17, 1953) was an immigrant, American Jewish editor, writer, and Hebraist. He is noted for his role in developing Hebrew language publications and culture in the American Jewish community. Ribalow was born in Chudniv, Russian Empire. He immigrated to the United States in 1921. Ribalow was the editor of '' Hadoar'', described by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency as, "one of the best Hebrew-language magazines in the world," in its day. Ribalow edited ''Hadoar'' for over 30 years. Ribalow also edited the Hebrew-language literary quarterly, ''Mabuah''. He was the editor of the American Hebrew yearbook, ''Sefer Hashanah''. He wrote several books about Hebrew and Yiddish literature, and an anthology of Hebrew poetry. He also published numerous articles in New Palestine, the official magazine of the Zionist Organization of America. Ribalow's book, ''The Flowering of Modern Hebrew Literature,'' an anthology of contemporary Hebrew literature, was tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast (), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna (), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr. Its population is approximately History The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on September 22, 1937, out of territories of Vinnytsia Oblast, Vinnytsia and Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv oblasts as well as two okrugs of the Ukrainian SSR, border okrugs of Kyiv Oblast – Korosten Okrug and Novohrad-Volynsky Okrug. The oblast covers territories of the historic regions of Polesia, Volhynia, and Podolia, which are reflected on the oblast's coat of arms. Before the 18th century the larger half of the oblast belonged to the Kiev Voivodeship, Kyiv Voivodeship (), while the smaller western half around the city of Zviahel belonged to the Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795), Volyn Voivodeship. Following the Treaty of Andrusovo, the city of Zhytomyr () c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Cudnów
The Treaty of Chudnov, Treaty of Cudnów () or Treaty of Slobodishche () was a treaty between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossack Hetmanate, signed in Chudniv () on 17 October 1660 during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. It restored most of the provisions of the Treaty of Hadiach, except for the elevation of Ruthenia to the status equal to Poland and Lithuania. It invalidated the Pereiaslav Articles, which were often considered unfavorable for Ukraine, severed the union with the Tsardom of Russia and restored Ukraine's state ties with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Although the Ukrainian government insisted on the full restoration of the Treaty of Hadiach of 1658, the side of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, represented by Stanisław Potocki and Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, did not agree to the restitution of the Grand Duchy of Ruthenia, leaving other points of the Treaty of Hadiach in force. The treaty was signed following the Polish victory at the Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Rzewuski
Henryk Rzewuski (3 May 1791 – 28 February 1866) was a Polish nobleman, Romantic-era journalist and novelist. Life Count Henryk Rzewuski was a scion of a Polish magnate family in Ukraine. He was the son of Adam Wawrzyniec Rzewuski, a Russian senator who resided in St. Petersburg; a great-nephew of a Targowica confederate;Jan Zygmunt Jakubowski, ed., ''Literatura polska od średniowiecza do pozytywizmu'' (Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to Positivism), p. 480. and great-grandson of Wacław Rzewuski, Polish Great Crown Hetman who had been exiled in 1767–73 to Kaluga by Russian ambassador to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Nikolai Repnin, who was effectively running the Commonwealth.Information from the Polish Wikipedia article, as of 00:47, 15 March 2009. Henryk Rzewuski was, further, the brother of Karolina Sobańska (who became an agent of the Russian secret service and mistress of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz), Ewelina Hańska (who married Honoré de Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Ukraine
There are 463 populated places in Ukraine, populated places in Ukraine that have been officially granted city status () by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, as of 23 April 2025. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance. Smaller settlements are Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlements () and villages (). Historically, there were systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place as a ''misto'' or ''selo''. In the past, cities were self-governing and had several privileges. The list of cities is roughly ordered by population and the 2022 estimates are compared to the 2001 Ukrainian census, except for Chernobyl for which the population is an unofficial estimate. The City with special status, cities with special status are shown in ''italic''. The average population size is 62,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klezmer
Klezmer ( or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions. The musical genre incorporated elements of many other musical genres including Ottoman Empire, Ottoman (especially Greek music, Greek and Romanian music, Romanian) music, Baroque music, German and Slavic people, Slavic folk dances, and religious Jewish music. As the music arrived in the United States, it lost some of its traditional ritual elements and adopted elements of American big band and popular music. Among the European-born klezmers who popularized the genre in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s were Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein; they were followed by American-born musicians such as Max Epstein, Sidney Beckerman (musician), Sid Beckerman and Ray Musiker. After t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
