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Moshe Gildenman
Moshe Gildenman (Yiddish: משה גילדענמאן; Russian: Моше Гильденман; 13 May 1898 – 10 August 1957), known as "Uncle Misha," was a Jewish partisan commander in Ukraine during World War II. Early life Gildenman was born in Korets, in the Volhynia Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine). After attending a religious primary school, a secular secondary school, and a polytechnic institute, he became a construction engineer and the owner of a concrete factory. A leading figure in Korets's public life, he served as chairman of the Workers' Organization for 15 years and led the organization's People's Bank and Interest-Free Loan Fund. He was also active in leadership of the TOZ and CENTOS charitable organizations, as well as of the local orphanage. He was very involved in the cultural life of his hometown, conducting the school orchestra and chorus along with a mandolin ensemble he organized at the Tarbut school. He also conducted the choir of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew language, Hebrew (notably Mishnaic Hebrew, Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, there were 11–13 million speakers. 85% of the approximately 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hamburg: Buske, 1984), p. 3. leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Jewish ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
The Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (; ) was the official title of the local police formation (a type of hilfspolizei) set up by Nazi Germany during World War II in Eastern Galicia and '' Reichskommissariat Ukraine'', shortly after the German occupation of the Western Ukrainian SSR in Operation Barbarossa. The Ukrainian Auxiliary Police was created by Heinrich Himmler in mid-August 1941 and put under the control of German ''Ordnungspolizei'' within General Government. The actual ''Reichskommissariat Ukraine'' was formed officially on 20 August 1941. Jürgen Matthäus, Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1941–1942.' AltaMira Press, p. 524. The uniformed force was composed in large part of the former members of the Ukrainian People's Militia created by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in June. There were two categories of German-controlled Ukrainian armed organisations. The first comprised mobile police units most often called '' Schutzmannschaft'', or ''Schuma'', organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Red Star
The Order of the Red Star () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 5 May 1930. That statute was amended by decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 7 May 1936, of 19 June 1943, of 26 February 1946, of 15 October 1947, of 16 December 1947 and by decree No 1803-X of 28 March 1980. Award statute The Order of the Red Star was awarded to soldiers of the Soviet Army, Soviet Navy, Navy, Soviet Border Troops, border and NKVD, internal security forces, employees of the KGB, State Security Committee of the USSR, as well as Non-commissioned officer, NCOs and officers of the bodies of Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union), internal affairs; to units, warships, associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations; as well as to military personnel of forei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg
Pavlovsk ( "[the town] of Pavel" after Emperor Pavel (Paul) of Russia) is a administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, municipal town in Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg, Pushkinsky District in the suburban part of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located south from Saint Petersburg proper and about southeast from Pushkin (town), Pushkin. Population: Known since the late 18th century, when Saint Petersburg was the capital of Russian Empire, as a countryside residence of Russian royal family commissioned creation of the town's landmark -Pavlovsk Palace, palace with a Pavlovsk Park, large park, now parts of its federal museum reserve. The town developed around the Pavlovsk Palace, a major residence of the Russian imperial family. Between 1918 and 1944, its official name was Slutsk, after the revolutionary Vera Slutskaya, and then was changed back to Pavlovsk. Pavlovsk is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kliment Voroshilov
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov ( ; ), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (; 4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969), was a prominent Soviet Military of the Soviet Union, military officer and politician during the Stalinism, Stalin era (1924–1953). He was one of the original five Marshal of the Soviet Union, Marshals of the Soviet Union, the second highest military rank of the Soviet Union (junior to the Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, which was a post only held by Joseph Stalin), and served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the nominal List of heads of state of the Soviet Union, Soviet head of state, from 1953 to 1960. Born to a Russian worker's family in Ukraine, Voroshilov took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917 as an Old Bolshevik, early member of the Bolsheviks. He served with distinction at the Battle of Tsaritsyn, during which he became a close friend of Stalin. Voroshilov was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars to oppose the military forces of the new nation's adversaries during the Russian Civil War, especially the various groups collectively known as the White Army. In February 1946, the Red Army (which embodied the main component of the Soviet Armed Forces alongside the Soviet Navy) was renamed the "Soviet Army". Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union it was split between the post-Soviet states, with its bulk becoming the Russian Ground Forces, commonly considered to be the successor of the Soviet Army. The Red Army provided the largest land warfare, ground force in the Allies of World War II, Allied victory in the European theatre of World War II, and its Soviet invasion of Manchuria, invasion of Manchuria assisted the un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovruch
Ovruch (, ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine, first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. It was the capital city of the Drevlians in the 900s, later conquered by the Mongols in the 13th century, then later part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In the 16th century it became part of Poland, as a royal city. After the second partition of Poland in 1793 it became part of the Russian Empire, and then part of Ukraine. Until 2020, it was the Capital city, administrative center of the former Ovruch Raion, until it was merged into Korosten Raion. It has a population of approximately and is home to the Ovruch (air base), Ovruch air base. Name In addition to the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian (''Ovruch''), in other languages the name of the city is and . History Ovruch originated as an important town of Kievan Rus', first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. Later after the sack of Korosten, Iskorosten it became the capital city of Drevlian. Saint Hyacinth of Poland evangeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mordechai Schlein
Mordechai Schlein (1930 – 1944), also known as Motele, was a History of the Jews in Belarus, Jewish-Belarussian violinist and Partisan (military), partisan fighter for the World War II. Born in Karmanovka, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussia, he displayed musical talent from a young age, leading to his training with a local Jewish family. After his family was killed during the German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II, Nazi invasaion of Byelorussia, Motele escaped and joined a group of Jewish partisans led by Moshe Gildenman. Utilizing his musical skills as a cover, he gathered intelligence on German troop movements and executed a sabotage mission against Nazi forces. Motele was killed in a German bombardment in 1944 at the age of 14. His restored violin has been preserved and showcased in various commemorations and exhibitions, and the 2024 short film ' depicts his life. Biography Mordechai Schlein was a History of the Jews in Belarus, Jewish-Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chopovychi
Chopovychi () is a rural settlement in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: In 2001, population was 2,272. History Until 26 January 2024, Chopovychi was designated urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So .... On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Chopovychi became a rural settlement. References Rural settlements in Korosten Raion {{Zhytomyr-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narowlya
Narowlya (; ; ) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Narowlya District. As of 2025, it has a population of 8,388. In 1986, the city experienced heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident. Today it is located on the border of Polesie State Radioecological Reserve The Polesie State Radioecological Reserve (PSRER; ; ) is a radioecological nature reserve in the Polesie region of Belarus, which was created to enclose the territory of Belarus most affected by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster .... Gallery Brockhaus_and_Efron_Jewish_Encyclopedia_e11_523-0.jpg, Wooden synagogue before 1906. Aron_Kascialianski_-_Sinagoga_u_Narouli_-_near_1927_AD.JPG, Painting of around 1927 by Aron Kascialianski (1891-1934) Naraŭlanskaja_synagoga._Нараўлянская_сынагога_(1916).jpg, Synagogue in 1916 Notes References Populated places in Belarus Populated places in Gomel region Narowlya district { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olevsk
Olevsk (, ; ; ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. As of January 2022 its population was approximately History Olevsk was first mentioned in 1488. In 1641 Olevsk was granted Magdeburg city rights by Polish King Władysław IV Vasa. Later it became a town in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire. During World War II on November 15 or 21, 1941, members of Taras Bulba-Borovets' Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army collaborated with the German administration in taking more than 500 Jews from Olevsk to Varvarivka, where they were murdered. On December 25, 2011, the city council of Olevsk renamed the streets of the city that bore the names of Soviet leaders, naming them in honor of prominent figures of the Ukrainian nationalist and patriotic movement. The streets and lanes named after Pavlo Postyshev, Stanislav Kosior, Hryhoriy Petrovsky, Mykhailo Kalinin, and Hryhoriy Kotovsky were renamed. Instead, they were named after Olena Teliha, Oleh Olzhych, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teteriv
The Teteriv () is a right tributary of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Teteriv flows generally in northeastern direction through geographic regions of Podolian Upland, Dnieper Upland, and Polesia. The river starts near a populated place of Nosivky (previously Nosivka) near administrative border with Vinnytsia Oblast at over the sea level. Flowing through Podolian Upland in some areas it has characteristics of mountainous stream. In the underflow the valley of the Teteriv in Polissia on up to , the width of the river widens up to 40-90 meter, before it flows into the Dnieper. The midstream of Teteriv from Zhytomyr to Radomyshl has predominantly rocky banks. Few kilometers east of Radomyshl turns into fully flatland river within Kyiv Oblast. Further east of Ivankiv turns into a swampy wetland. The river drains into the Dnieper in the Kyiv Reservoir just south of the Prypiat river estuary and the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The Tete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
