Yezupil

Yezupil (; ) is a rural settlement in western Ukraine. It is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region), approximately north of the administrative center of the oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk. Yezupil hosts the administration of Yezupil settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

History

Yezupil was previously referred to as part of the Halych county (powiat). It is also a part of the historic region of Pokuttya in Galicia.

At the turn of the century, town Jezupol (former Zhovten) was a fair size town (with its own Jewish Kahil and Roman Catholic Church and Greek Catholic Church) in Galicia/Halychyna in Austria-Hungary.

It is approximately 7 km from Halych, the former capital of the Principality of Halych Volhynia in the 10–12th centuries. In 1352–1772. it was a part of Ruthenia Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland. First mentioned in 1435 as ''Cheshybisy'' (), up until the 16th century it was a village with a wooden fortress. When the fort was destroyed during one of the Tatar incursions, Jakub Potocki, the voivode of Wrocław and private owner of the town, renamed it ''Jesupol'', after Jesus in 1597. In 1598, a fortress and Dominican monastery was erected, and the town developed next to it. The monastery had a rich and famous library of ancient scriptures and prints.

Upon the partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772 the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, or simply ''Galicia'', became the largest, most populous, and northernmost province of the Austrian Empire, where it remained until the dissolution of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I.

In the prelude to the Second World War, the Molotov–Ribbentrop pact divided Poland roughly along the Curzon line. Thus, all territory east of the San, Bug and Neman rivers were annexed into the Soviet Union, approximating the former territory of East Galicia. This territory was divided into four administrative districts (oblasts): Lviv, Stanislav, Drohobych and Tarnopol (the latter including parts of Volhynia) of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Since September 17, 1939, it was a part of the Soviet Union. Since June 22, 1941, the Soviet regime discontinued when Germany had occupied East Galicia during Operation Barbarossa.

In 1945, the town became a part of the Ukrainian SSR as part of the Soviet Union; since 1991, the town has been a part of Ukraine. The first Jezupil (Jesupol) named town was renamed to Zhovten (); it received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1940. On July 9, 2003, the town was officially renamed again to Jezupil.

Until 18 July 2020, Yezupil belonged tp Tysmenytsia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Tysmenytsia Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.

Until 26 January 2024, Yezupil was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Yezupil became a rural settlement.

Notes

Geographic Library of the Kingdom of Poland
(Polish language)

References

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External links

wikimapiaPhotographs of Jewish sites in Yezupil
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Jewish History in Galicia and BukovinaYezupil's Music SchoolYezupil's Music School

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Rural settlements in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
Populated places on the Dniester River in Ukraine