Tyvriv ( uk, Тиврів; pl, Tywrów) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Vinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast ( uk, Ві́нницька о́бласть, translit=Vinnytska oblast; ; also referred to as Vinnychchyna — uk, Ві́нниччина) is an oblast of western and southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. ...
,
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 ...
. Geographically it is in eastern
Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...
on the shore of
Southern Bug
, ''Pivdennyi Buh''
, name_etymology =
, image = Sunset S Bug Vinnitsa 2007 G1.jpg
, image_size = 270
, image_caption = Southern Bug River in the vicinity of Vinnytsia, Ukraine
, map = PietinisBug ...
, southeast of Vinnytsia. It was formerly the administrative center of the
Tyvriv Raion
Tyvriv Raion ( uk, Тиврівський район) was one of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Tyvriv. The raion was abolished and its terri ...
, and is now administered within
Vinnytsia Raion
Vinnytsia Raion ( uk, Вінницький район) is one of the 6 raions of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European ...
. Population:
History
''Tywrów'' was granted
Magdeburg rights
Magdeburg rights (german: Magdeburger Recht; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within ...
in 1744. Until the
Partitions of Poland it was part of the
Bracław Voivodeship
pl, Województwo bracławskie uk, Брацлавське воєводство
, subdivision = Voivodeship
, nation = Poland¹
, year_start = 1566
, event_end = Third partition
, year_end = 1793
, date_end = 24 October
, p1 ...
of the
Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown
Lesser Poland Province ( pl, Prowincja małopolska, la, Polonia Minor) was an administrative division of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1795 and the biggest province of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The name of the pro ...
. It was a small town, owned by
Polish nobility
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in ...
. In the 18th century the two landmarks of the town were built:
Michał Jan Klityński Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian form of Michael and may refer to:
* Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician
* Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player
* Michał Drzymała (1857–1937), Polish rebel
* Michał Heller ...
founded the Baroque St. Michael's church, and
Zachariasz Jaroszyński built a palace complex.
In 1900, there were around 1,000 Jews living there. The city was under German, then Romanian occupation from 1941 to 1944. In 1941 in Tyvriv was created one of the greatest ghetto's in region.
The most of Jews were killed during two different actions in a forest close to the city, in 1941, when it was still under German occupation. There was several hundred victims.
References
Urban-type settlements in Vinnytsia Raion
Vinnitsky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Ukraine
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