Berezdiv (; ) is a village in

Shepetivka Raion Shepetivka Raion () is a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Shepetivka. Its population is On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast was reduce ...

(

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) of

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...

(

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) in western

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. It hosts the administration of Berezdiv rural hromada, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. Population of Berezdiv is about 1,161 inhabitants. In Berezdiv is located school, Eastern Orthodox Church, Shepetivka Museum branch and three cemeteries: Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Jewish.

Geography

It is located by the rivers Korchik, Siechanka. 32 km North-East from

Slavuta Slavuta (, ; ; ) is a city in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. The city is located approximately 80 km from the oblast capital, Khmelnytskyi, at around . Slavuta hosts the adm ...

. 18 km South from

Korets Korets (, ; ; ; ''Koritz'') is a city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located on the Korchyk river, 66 kilometers to the east of Rivne. It was the administrative center of Korets Raion until the raion was abolished in 2020. Population: ...

. Berezdiv, at 50°28′N, 28°06′E, is situated at altitude of 210m.

History

Until the second Partition of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

Berezdiv belonged to the Crown of Polish Kingdom. Berezdiv goods belonged to Ostrozky,

Chodkiewicz The House of Chodkiewicz (; ) was one of the most influential Szlachta, noble families of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuanian-Ruthenians, Ruthenian descent within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th and 17th century.Chester S. L. D ...

Lubomirski The House of Lubomirski is a Princely Houses of Poland, Polish princely family. The Lubomirski family's coat of arms is the Drużyna coat of arms, which is similar to the Szreniawa coat of arms but without a cross. Origin and the coat ...

and Jablonowski duke families. In 1775 Berezdiv was founded by Braclav voivode Jan Jablonowski, wooden Blessed Virgin Mary Church. In 1992 it was dismantled because of the state of emergency. In 1831 Berezdiv had been confiscated by Russian Government. At the end of the 19th century it was small town with a population of 590 people (306 of which were Jews). In 1954 Berezdiv had lost

town privileges Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...

, and became a village. Until 18 July 2020, Berezdiv belonged to

Slavuta Raion Slavuta Raion () was a raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center was Slavuta which was incorporated separately as city of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance and did not belong ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Slavuta Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.

References

Bibliography

* Geographic Dictionary of the Polish Kingdom and other Slavic Countries, 1881

External links

Journey to Berezdiv

Official site of English Circle in Berezdiv School

Link to film presenting place after former Blessed Virgin Mary Church
{{Authority control Novograd-Volynsky Uyezd Villages in Sheptivka Raion