Chudniv

Chudniv (Ukrainian: Чуднів, Polish: Cudnów, Yiddish: טשודנאוו‎) is a city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chudniv Raion. Population: 5,494 (2020 est.)[1]

Chudniv Чуднів
City
Teteriv River in Chudniv
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Chudniv Raion
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,494
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Historical affiliations

Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1471–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
 Russian Empire 1793–1917
Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922
 Soviet Union 1922–1991
   Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
 Ukraine 1991–present

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 from Chudniv

• Menachem Ribalow - newspaper editor
• Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman - early 20th century klezmer bandleader in New York City

Gallery

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

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
2. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=847