Pechenizhyn

Pechenizhyn
City
Pechenizhyn

Location of Pechenizhyn within Ukraine

Coordinates: 48°31′N 24°53′E / 48.52°N 24.88°E / 48.52; 24.88Coordinates: 48°31′N 24°53′E / 48.52°N 24.88°E / 48.52; 24.88
Country  Ukraine
Oblast (province) Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Population (2001)
  Total 5,324

Pechenizhyn (Ukrainian: Печеніжин, Polish: Peczeniżyn, Yiddish: פעטשיניזשן) is an urban-type settlement in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine, 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Kolomyya. It population is 5,327(2013 est.)[1].

Until World War I Pechenizhyn was in Kolomyja Powiat, Galicia (in the Austrian Empire). Between the two World Wars it was in Stanislawow Province, Poland. In 1890 the Jewish population of the town was 2024.[2]

Historical Facts

Monument to Stanislaw Szczepanowski in Lviv.

Demographics

1913: total population 7000 (4100 Ukrainians (Rusyns), 2300 Jews, 600 Poles)

See also

References

  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. JewishGen
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