Chudniv Explained

Chudniv
Native Name:Чуднів
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Zhytomyr Oblast
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Ukraine
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Zhytomyr Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Zhytomyr Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Chudniv urban hromada
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:5357
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:50.0528°N 28.1122°W

Chudniv (Чуднів, Polish: Cudnów, Yiddish: טשודנאוו, Russian: Чуднов) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Chudniv Raion. Population:

History

A significant battle of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) was fought near the town in 1660, followed by a treaty between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks, named after the city. In 1866 Polish Romantic-era novelist Henryk Rzewuski died in Chudniv. The Jewish population was important in the town. During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and kept the Jews imprisoned in a ghetto. In 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Ukrainian policemen.[1]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם .