Shpykiv

Coordinates: 48°47′N 28°34′E / 48.783°N 28.567°E / 48.783; 28.567

Shpykiv (Ukrainian: Шпиків) is an urban-type settlement in Tulchyn Raion (a district in Vinnytsia Oblast (province) in central Ukraine, 372 kilometers (231 mi) southwest of Kiev and 24 km (15 mi) northwest of Tulchyn, the raion center. Population: 3,284(2015 est.)[1]

It formerly had a significant Jewish community, which numbered 1,875 in 1900.

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