Sukhostav Explained

Sukhostav
Native Name:Сухостав
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Village
Population Total:982
Population As Of:2001
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:husiatyn
Subdivision Name1:Ternopil
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name:Ukraine
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1553
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Ternopil Oblast#Ukraine
Coordinates:49.1547°N 25.8539°W

Sukhostav (Ukrainian: Сухостав, Polish: Suchostaw) is a village in Husiatyn Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. According to the 2001 Ukraine Census, it has population of 982. It is located by the (lang-uk|Нiчлава).[1] It is the administrative center of Sukhostav rural council.

There is a Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Sukhostav.

History

In 1553 of King Sigismund II Augustus court obtains a privilege from King to establish a miasteczko (market town) in place of the village of Jablonow. For faster development it was granted the Magdeburg rights and relieved of state taxes for 15 years. Eventually Jablonow remained a village, and the miasteczko named Suchostaw was established nearby. The coat of arms of the place was Pilawa (the owner's) on the blue field, with the golden fish on the bottom (Only fish remained on the current c.o.a.). Over time it changed owners. It was destroyed during the Khmelnytsky Cossack Uprising (1648-1657) and rebuilt again. During the Partitions of Poland it belonged to the Austrian Partition.[2]

Jewish history

When the mizateczko was restored after the Cossack Uprising, Jewish innkeepers, renters and tradesmen started settling the place. During World War I some 200 Jews emigrated, but some 40 families stayed, engaged in small crafts and peddling.[3]

During World War II the Jewish population was expelled to the nearby town of Khorostkiv and most probably they were exterminated during the Holocaust.[3]

References

49.1547°N 25.8539°W

Notes and References

  1. A governmental webpage for the village (archived)
  2. Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, vol. XI, p. 540
  3. https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol2_00349.html "Suchostaw"