Tyvriv

Tyvriv (Ukrainian: Тиврів; Polish: Tywrów) is an urban-type settlement in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Geographically it is in eastern Podolia on the shore of Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of the Tyvriv Raion (district). Population: 4,162 (2015 est.)^[1]

History

Tyvriv is a small city along the Bug river, southeast of Vinnytsia. In 1900, there were around 1,000 Jews living there. The city was under German, then Romanian occupation from 1941 to 1944.

The 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.^[2]

References

↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/tyvriv-vinnytsia-ukraine.309

Administrative divisions of Vinnytsia Oblast

Administrative center: Vinnytsia

Raions

Cities

Regional	Khmilnyk Koziatyn Ladyzhyn Mohyliv-Podilskyi Vinnytsia Zhmerynka

District	Bar Bershad Haisyn Hnivan Illintsi Kalynivka Lypovets Nemyriv Pohrebyshche Sharhorod Tulchyn Yampil

Urban-type settlements
Category:Vinnytsia Oblast

Coordinates: 49°00′43″N 28°30′14″E / 49.01194°N 28.50389°E / 49.01194; 28.50389

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