Zhabokrych Explained

Zhabokrych
Native Name:Жабокрич
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast#Ukraine
Coordinates:48.3833°N 28.9833°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Tulchyn Raion
Established Title:Founded
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2013
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code:24600
Area Code:+380 4374

Zhabokrych (Ukrainian: Жабокрич, Polish: Żabokrzycz) is a village in Ukraine's Podolia region in present-day Tulchyn Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, about 290 kilometres (180 miles) northwest of Odesa. It is located in the historic region of Podolia, 11km (07miles) from Kryzhopil.

The town name means frog croak and the climate is continental.[2]

History

Żabokrzycz, as it was called in Polish, was a private town of the Skarbek noble family, administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] Following the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, it was annexed by Russia.

In the town square are many buildings remaining from early in the 20th century. Prior to World War II it had a large Jewish community. A synagogue and Jewish cemetery still remain. There were massacres in July 1941 and in 1944.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.maplandia.com/ukraine/vinnytska/zhabokrich-48-23-0-n-28-59-0-e/ Жабокрич
  2. http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Zhabokrich-15day-weather-chart/Vinnytska-Oblast/UA.aspx Zhabokrich weather
  3. Book: Krykun, Mykola. 2012. Воєводства Правобережної України у XVI-XVIII століттях: Статті і матеріали. uk,pl. 528. 978-617-607-240-9.