Pidvolochysk

Pidvolochysk (Ukrainian: Підволочиськ, Polish: Podwołoczyska, Yiddish: Podvolitchisk, פּאָדוואָלאָטשיסק‎, Russian: Подволочиск) is an urban-type settlement in Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is situated on the right side of the river Zbruch, opposite Volochysk, Khmenytskyi oblast. Pidvolochysk hosts the administration of Pidvolochysk settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 7,663 (2021 est.)[1]

Pidvolochysk
Підволочиськ
Podwołoczyska
Town
Coat of arms
Pidvolochysk
Pidvolochysk
Coordinates: 49°31′48″N 26°08′27″E
Country Ukraine
Province Ternopil Oblast
DistrictTernopil Raion
First mentioned1463
Area
 • Total9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi)
Elevation
281 m (922 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total7,663
 • Density850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
47800
Area code+380 3543

There are natural monuments - Pidvolochysk Well, as well as Pidvolochysk Nature Reserve, near the settlement.

History

Around 1910 Pidvolochysk, the town - like the rest of the then Austrian Galicia - was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Before World War II, a majority of the inhabitants were Jewish.[3] In July 1941, Germans created a labor camp for the Jews. In 1942 part of the prisoners were transported to Zbaraż and Kamionka.[4] In October 1942 the transport was sent to Bełżec extermination camp. The final annihilation, of those who were left, took place during the liquidation of the camp on the 29th of June 1943.[5]

The Podwolocyska Organization was headed by Bernard Lerner (d.1988)[6] (later headed by Borekh Goldshteyn.[7]) who published an account of WWII era [8][9]

Until 18 July 2020, Pidvolochysk was the administrative center of Pidvolochysk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Pidvolochysk Raion was merged into Ternopil Raion.[10][11]

It was also the birthplace (1910) of fringe Israel Scheib (later Eldad), radical nationalist Israeli politician and a leader of the anti-British Lehi underground organization.

People
  • Hromnytsky villa
  • Craft School
  • Greek-catholic Trinity Church in Pidvolochysk

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "Подволочиская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. "Yad Vashem. (Podwołoczyska)". www.yadvashem.org (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  4. "moreshet.pl". moreshet.pl. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Podvolochisk, Ukraine". www.jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  7. "Podvolochisk, Ukraine". www.jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  8. "Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  9. The story of Podwolocyska: a Ukarainian town on the Russian border.. WorldCat
  10. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  11. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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