Vyzhnytsia
Vyzhnytsia
Вижниця | |
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  Vyzhnytsia Location within Ukraine  Vyzhnytsia Vyzhnytsia (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°15′0″N 25°11′30″E / 48.25000°N 25.19167°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast |
| District | Vyzhnytsia Raion |
| Hromada | Vyzhnytsia urban hromada |
| First mentioned | 1158 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alex G. Chepil |
| Area | |
| • Land | 9 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 356 m (1,168 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 3,803 |
| Demonym | Vyzhnytsian |
| Zip Code | 59200 |
| Area code | +380-3730 |
| Website | vnmiscrada |
Vyzhnytsia (/ˈvɪʒnɪts(j)ə/; Ukrainian: Вижниця, IPA: [ˈwɪʒnɪtsʲɐ] ⓘ; German: Wischnitz; Polish: Wyżnica; Romanian: Vijnița; Russian: Вижница, romanized: Vizhnitsa; Yiddish: וויזשניץ, romanized: Vizhnitz) is a small city located in the historical region of Bukovina, on the Cheremosh River in Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vyzhnytsia Raion. Vyzhnytsia hosts the administration of Vyzhnytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 3,803 (2022 estimate).[2]
History
While the city was probably mentioned as early as 1158, the first unequivocal mention comes in 1501 in a Moldavian chronicle. From 1514 to 1574 the area was occupied by the Turks, after which it belonged to the Principality of Moldova until 1774. From 1774 to 1918 it was part of the Austrian Empire (from 1849 part of the crown land of Bukovina).
In 1918, the city and surrounding region came under Romanian rule, as part of the Union of Bukovina with Romania, placed under the jurisdiction of Storojineț County. King Carol II's administrative reforms of 1938 would shift boundaries again, placing the city within the newly-created Ținutul Suceava region.
As a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union annexed Northern Bukovina in 1940, and with it, the city of Vyzhnytsia. The occupation was short-lived; as part of the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, Romanian forces retook the region in July 1941.
Part of Soviet Ukraine
Vyzhnytsa has been a city since 1940.[3] The Bukovina region was taken by Soviet forces in 1944 and became a part of Soviet Ukraine.
A local newspaper has been published in the city since February 1945.[4]
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Vyzhnytsa was the center of a flourishing Ukrainian-language music scene that was renowned all over the Soviet Union. The local house of culture was renowned for its parties with illegal Western pop music and attracted young people from as far as Chernivtsi.[5] Volodymyr Ivasyuk was named as a regular visitor of these parties. There, he befriended musician Levko Dutkivskiy.[6] Dutkivskiy from there on founded VIA Smerichka, with later Nazariy Yaremchuk and Vasyl Zinkevych as lead singers. Smerichka became one of Ukraine's most famous groups at the time, performing at Pesnya goda twice and winning Allo, my ishchem talanty! (Hello, we are looking for talents!) in 1972, one of the first Soviet television talent shows.[7]
In 2011 a security checkpoint "Vyzhnytsia" was built here.[8]
In January 2013 the population was 4207 people.[9]
Part of modern Ukraine
In January 1989 the population was 5708 people.[10][3]
Jewish history of the town
In Judaism, the town is known as having been the original center of the Hassidic sect bearing its Yiddish name (וויזשניץ Vizhnitz). The town's Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust, with most either being killed on the spot or deported to Transnistria, where deportees were left to die in crude facilities. Most survivors did not return, but the flourishing Vizhnitz Hassidic community in Israel and the United States continues to keep the name.
Transport
- a railway station[3] of the Lviv Railways.
Notable people
- Josef Burg, writer
- Gerard Ciołek, architect
- Menachem Mendel Hager, first Vizhnitser Rebbe
- Nazariy Yaremchuk, singer
- Otto Preminger, director
- Dol Dauber, musician
- Meir Just, Dutch rabbi
Gallery
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Saint Michael's Church -
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church -
Saint Demetrius Church -
Holy Trinity Church -
City Hall -
Old city of Vyzhnytsia -
Children's art house -
Vyzhnytsia cinema
Nearby towns
References
- ^ "Вижницкая городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b c Вижница // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.218
- ^ № 3265. Советская Верховина // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 – 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., "Книжная палата", 1994. стр.426
- ^ Feshchuk, Nataliya (27 December 2006). ""заслушавшись выступлением ансамбля "смерiчка" в прямом эфире, руководство центрального телевидения ссср на 15 минут задержало программу "время"". Fakty.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Feshchuk, Nataliya (14 July 2017). ""Івасюк зізнався, що стиль "Смерічки" його захопив"". Zbruc. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Etushenko, Aleksandr (4 October 2005). ""Смерічка" і "Золота колекція"". Den'. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Где в Украине расположены стационарные посты ДПС ГАИ Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine // еженедельник "2000" от 7 мая 2012
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.108" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru.
48°15′N 25°11.5′E / 48.250°N 25.1917°E
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