Sudylkiv (

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...

: Судилків) is a village in

Shepetivka Raion Shepetivka Raion ( uk, Шепетівський район) 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 ...

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

. It hosts the administration of Sudylkiv rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

History

The 1897 census reveals that out of a total population of 5,551 there were 2,712 Jews. On August 20th, 1941 the 45th reserve police battalion killed 471 Jews in a nearby forest. Today, the formerly important Jewish community is nonexistent due to the

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and emigration.

Notable people

Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov Moshe Chaim Ephraim, also known as Ephraim of Sudilkov, was born in Medzhybizh, Poland 1748 and died there on the 17th of Iyar in 1800. He was best known as the Baal Shem Tov's grandson and for the work ''Degel Machaneh Ephraim,'' first publi ...

, prominent rabbi from the town. * Rebecca Spielberg, US film director

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's grandmother. * from 1865 to 1872 in Sudylkiv spent his childhood

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (; – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer who became a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the new nation's Prime Minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versail ...

, a

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and composer who became a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the new nation's

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and foreign minister during which he signed the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1 ...

, which ended

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References

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