Lanivtsi Explained

Lanivtsi
Native Name:Ланівці
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Ternopil Oblast
Pushpin Map1:Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Lanivtsi
Coordinates:49.87°N 26.08°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Ternopil Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Kremenets Raion
Established Title:Magdeburg rights
Established Date:1545
Established Title1:City status
Established Date1:17 May 2001[1]
Leader Title:City Mayor
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:14.7
Population Total:8,215
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:47402
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 3549
Website:lanivtsi
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Lanivtsi urban hromada

Lanivtsi (; Russian: Лановцы|Lanovtsy; ; Yiddish: לאַנאָוויץ|Lanovits), is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Lanivtsi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 8,680 (2001).

History

Lanivtsi received a town charter in 1545 from the Polish king. Until the Partitions of Poland, it was part of Volhynian Voivodeship. Ashkenazy Jews began to settle there later. In 1795–1918, Lanivtsi was occupied by the Russian Empire. In 1897 the Jewish population numbered 1,174 of a total of 2,525 in the city. Numbers of Jews were killed in pogroms, and others immigrated to Western Europe or the United States. By 1921 the population in the city was 640. There was a Tarbut school and yeshiva, and many of the younger people became Zionists.[3]

In the Second Polish Republic between the world wars, Lanivtsi, known then as Łanowce, belonged to Krzemieniec County, Volhynian Voivodeship. For centuries, Lanivtsi was the center of an area of large estates that belonged to several noble families, such as the Jelowicki, Wiśniowiecki, Mniszech and Rzewuski.

In 1939 the town was invaded by the Soviet Union, and then invaded by Nazi Germany in 1941, with occupation starting July 3 of that year. The Germans created a Jewish ghetto in Łanowce, where Jews worked as forced laborers. Jews from neighboring villages were transported and confined there in 1942. From August 13-14, 1942, 1,833 Jews were murdered beside open pits, where they were buried in mass graves. Few survived the Holocaust.

Until 18 July 2020, Lanivtsi was the administrative center of Lanivtsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Lanivtsi Raion was merged into Kremenets Raion.[4] [5]

References

  1. http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=20.10.2003&rf7571=41979 Lanivtsi
  2. Web site: Лановецкая громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=MZzY8sG8yNsC&q=Lanowce Yad Vashem, "Lanowce", The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust: K-Sered
  4. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  5. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.