Illintsi

Illintsi Іллінці
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Illintsi
Coordinates: UA 49°06′20″N 29°12′32″E / 49.10556°N 29.20889°ECoordinates: UA 49°06′20″N 29°12′32″E / 49.10556°N 29.20889°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Vinnytsia Oblast
Raion	Illintsi Raion
Founded	1440
Area
• Total	10.87 km^2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	11,374[1]
Postal code	22700
Area code(s)	+380 4345

Illintsi (Ukrainian: Іллінці) is a town in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Illintsi Raion, one of the raions (districts) of the oblast. Population: 11,374 (2015 est.)^[1]

Not far from the town is the Ilyinets crater.

History

Before WWII, the majority of the population was Jewish. Germans entered the town on July 1941 and kept the Jews prisoners in a ghetto soon after.^[2] On November 1941, 43 Jews are murdered by Ukrainian policemen. April 24, 1942, around 1 000 Jews from the town and nearby villages are assassinated in a mass execution. 700 others at the end of May 1942. End of 1942, Jews are deported in a labor camp and the ghetto destroyed in December 1942.^[3]

Twin towns

Illintsi is twinned with:

• Włoszczowa, Poland, since 2005
• Edineț, Moldova, since 2013

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
2. http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Illintsi/history.html
3. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=74