Dzhankoi Explained

Settlement Type:City
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: (occupied by Russia)
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous republic
Subdivision Name1:Crimea (de jure)
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Dzhankoi Raion (de jure)
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Official Name:Dzhankoi
Native Name:Джанкой
Canköy
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Crimea
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Dzhankoi within Crimea
Pushpin Map Caption1:Location of Dzhankoi
Coordinates:45.7086°N 34.3933°W
Elevation M:20
Area Total Km2:26
Population Total:38622
Population As Of:2014
Population Density Km2:1648.5
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:96100 — 96114
Area Code:+7-36564
Module:
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:11
Subdivision Type3:Federal subject
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Crimea (de facto)
Subdivision Name4:Dzhankoi Municipality (de facto)

Dzhankoi or Jankoy[1] is a city of regional significance in the northern part of Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 occupied by Russia. It also serves as administrative centre of Dzhankoi Raion although it is not a part of the raion (district). Population:

The name Dzhankoi (Ukrainian and Russian: Джанкой; German: Dshankoj;[2] Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: Canköy; Yiddish: דזשאנקאיע) means 'new village': canköy < cañı köy (cañı is 'new' in the northern dialect of Crimean Tatar), but it is often explained as meaning 'spirit-village' (< can 'spirit' + köy 'village').

The city has various industries, which produce automobiles, reinforced concrete, fabric, meat, and other products. Dzhankoi also has professional technical schools.

Geography

Dzhankoi serves as the administrative centre of the Dzhankoi Raion. It is located about from the Crimean capital, Simferopol. Two railroad lines, Solionoye ozero-Sevastopol and Armiansk-Kerch, cross Dzhankoi.

Climate

Dzhankoi's climate is mostly hot in the summer, and mild in the winter. The average temperature ranges from -2°C in January, to 23°C in July. The average precipitation is 420mm per year.

History

Dzhankoi was mentioned for the first time in 1855, and it received city status in 1926. About 1,400 Jews lived in Dzhankoi on the eve of the Second World War.[3] In 1941, during the war, Dzhankoi was occupied by German troops. During the occupation, 720 Jewish members of the local collective farm were shot in the city.[3] Other accounts mention 7,000,[4] which could include Jews brought from elsewhere.[5] Dzhankoi was recaptured by Soviet troops on April 13, 1944. In 1954, as part of the Crimean region, it became part of the Ukrainian SSR. Since 1991, it has been a part of independent Ukraine. In February 2014, it was annexed by Russia. On the night of March 20, 2023, explosions caused by drone attacks were reported in the area.[6]

Transport

Dzhankoi is a transport hub. Through the city pass two major railways of the peninsula as well as two major European highways. It has two railroad terminals - the central one, where only passenger and fast trains stop and the suburban one - where only suburban trains, known as elektrichkas, are allowed.

Dzhankoi air base of the Russian Navy is nearby.

Population

YearInhabitants
1805173
19268,310
193919,576
197043,000
198953,464
200142,861
201438,622

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, 59.75% of the population identified as Russians, 25.91% as ethnic Ukrainians, while Crimean Tatars made up 8.09% of the population. The town is also home to smaller Belarusian, Polish, Moldovan and Armenian communities.[7]

In the 2014 census conducted by Russian occupation authorities, the town had a population of 38,622, of which 25,787 were Russian, 6,401 were Ukrainian, 2,807 were Crimean Tatar and 829 were Tatar.[8]

In popular culture

Dzhankoi is the subject of a popular Yiddish song "Hey! Zhankoye", as popularized by The Limeliters, Pete Seeger, the Klezmatics, and Theodore Bikel, a Soviet-era song praising the life of Jews on collective farms in Crimea.[9] [10] [11]

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6 Kilogrammes of Mercury Found Out in the Centre of Jankoy in Crimea. 2014-04-04. 2015-01-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150109071316/http://qha.com.ua/6-kilogrammes-of-mercury-found-out-in-the-centre-of-jankoy-in-crimea-60en.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Places where Mennonites lived in Russia up to 1943.
  3. Book: Arad . Yitzhak . The Holocaust in the Soviet Union . 2009 . Yad Vashem . Jerusalem.
  4. Web site: Крым . Электронная еврейская энциклопедия . November 17, 2022.
  5. Book: Megargee . Geoffrey P. . The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. Volume II: Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe, 1933-1945 . 2012 . Indiana University Press . Bloomington, IN . 1765.
  6. News: March 21, 2023 . Ukraine says Russia Kalibr missile cargo hit in transit to Crimea . Al Jazeera . March 21, 2023.
  7. https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities
  8. Web site: Crimea (occupied by Russia) - Ethnic composition: 2014 census . 7 July 2022 . uk.
  9. Book: Comrades and Chicken Ranchers . registration . Cornell University Press . Kann, Kenneth L. . 1993 . 87–88.
  10. Book: Songs of the Jewish People . Mel Bay Publications . Silverman, Jerry . 2010 . 54–55.
  11. Web site: Video Archives: Yosl Kogan, Bershad Ghetto . Indiana University (Bloomington), College of Arts and Sciences . AHEYM: Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories . 27 February 2014.