Chudniv

Chudniv Чуднів
City
Teteriv River in Chudniv
Flag Coat of arms
50°3′10″N 28°6′44″E / 50.05278°N 28.11222°E / 50.05278; 28.11222
Country	Ukraine
Oblast (Provence)	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion (District)	Zhytomyr
Hromada (County)	Chudnivska
Population  (2022)
• Total	5,357
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Chudniv (Ukrainian: Чуднів, Polish: Cudnów, Yiddish: טשודנאוו, Russian: Чу́днов) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Chudniv Raion. Population: 5,357 (2022 estimate).^[1]

History

A significant battle of the Russo-Polish War (1654-1667) was fought near the town in 1660, followed by a treaty between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks, named after the city. In 1866 Polish Romantic-era novelist Henryk Rzewuski died in Chudniv. The Jewish population was important in the town. During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and kept the Jews imprisoned in a ghetto. In 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Ukrainian policemen.^[2]

Notable people

• Alter Chudnover, AKA Yehiel Goyzman (1846–1912), virtuoso klezmer violinist
• Menachem Ribalow – newspaper editor
• Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman – early 20th century klezmer bandleader in New York City

Gallery

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  Chudniv by Napoleon Orda
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  The Catholic church today
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  Nativity Church in Chudniv

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