Ananiv (, ; ; ; , also ) is a city of

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. It hosts the administration of Ananiv urban hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Ananiv stands on the Tylihul River. According to the 2001 census, the majority of the population of Ananiv was Ukrainian -speaking (87.88%), with Russian (9.43%) and Romanian (2.08%) speakers in the minority. Population:

History

The town belonged to

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from 1924 to 1940. Until 18 July 2020, Ananiv was the administrative center of Ananiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of

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s of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Ananiv Raion was merged into Podilsk Raion.

Jewish history

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settled in Ananiv since the 19th century. In 1820, the Jewish community in town owned a synagogue and a cemetery, which no longer exists, though the new cemetery from the 20th century can be visited. The Surnames on the gravestones are still visible and documented online. Photos of the town Jews from the beginning of the 20th century are also visible online. In April 1887, a mob attacked and destroyed 175 Jewish homes and 14 shops. In 1897, 50% of the town population was Jewish. During 1919, two

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in town resulted in more than 40 dead Jews. Under Romanian occupation, more than 330 of the town Jews were killed by

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10b. In October 1941, 300 out of the 445 left town. Jews were murdered in nearby Mostove, and the rest a month later in Gvozdiovka. One of these two mass graves is signed in Ukrainian and open to public. In 1990, 30 Jews lived in Ananiv.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Ananiv had a population of 9,355 inhabitants. Ethnic

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account for almost 90% of the population, 7% declared an ethnic Russian background, and a bit less than 4% of the population referred to themselves as

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. The exact distribution of the population by ethnicity was:

Notable people

* Mykola Vilinsky

Gallery

File: Ananjiw Panorama.jpg, Panorama of Ananiv File:County hospital (2), Ananiv.jpg, County hospital in Ananiv File:Пам’ятник П.І. Ніщинському в місті Ананьїв.JPG, Monument of Nishchynskyi in the city of Ananiv

References

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