Country Ukraine Founded 1595 City status 1796 Area 21.63 km² Local time Wednesday 7:44 PM | Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast Magdeburg rights 1743 Elevation 79 m (259 ft) Population 31,674 (2015) | |
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Berta vaisburd from mohyliv podilskyi talks about tsimmes and geese 2005
Mohyliv-Podilskyi (Ukrainian: Могилів-Подільський, Russian: Могилёв-Подо́льский, Polish: Mohylów Podolski, Romanian: Moghilǎu/Movilǎu, Yiddish: מאָהילעװ) is a city in the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion (district) of the Vinnytsia Oblast (province), Ukraine. Administratively, Mohyliv-Podilskyi is incorporated as a town of regional significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion, one of twenty-seven districts of Vinnytsia Oblast, though it is not a part of the district. It is located at 48°26′51″N 27°48′04″E, on the border with Bessarabia, Moldova, along the left bank of the Dniester river. On the opposite side of the river lies the Moldovan town of Otaci, and the two municipalities are connected to each other by a bridge. Population: 31,674 (2015 est.)
Contents
- Berta vaisburd from mohyliv podilskyi talks about tsimmes and geese 2005
- Map of Mohyliv Podilskyi Vinnytsia Oblast Ukraine
- History
- Nazi period
- After restoration of Ukrainian Independence
- Twin towns sister cities
- References
Map of Mohyliv-Podil's'kyi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine
History
The first mention of the town dates from 1595. The owner of the town, Moldavian hospodar Ieremia Movilă bestowed it as a dowry gift to his daughter, who married into the Potocki family of Polish nobility. At that time, the groom named the town Movilǎu in honor of his father-in-law. In the first quarter of the 17th century, Mohyliv became one of the largest towns in Podolia.
Nazi period
Mohyliv-Podilskyi was occupied by German and Romanian troops in July 1941. Soon thereafter, thousands of Jews in the town were murdered by the occupiers. Mohyliv-Podilskyi soon became a transit camp for Jews expelled from Bessarabia and Bukovina to Transnistria. From September 1941 to February 1942 more than 55,000 deportees came through the town. Thousands of people were jammed into the transit camp and treated cruelly by the Romanian guards. Many Jews were not allowed to stay in Mohyliv-Podilskyi; thousands were forced to travel by foot to nearby villages and towns. The 15,000 who were initially permitted to stay in the town organized themselves into groups. Some 2,000—3,000 were given residence permits, while the rest lived in constant fear of being deported into the Transnistrian interior for forced labor.
In December 1943 over 3,000 Jews were allowed to return to Romania, and in March 1944, Jewish leaders in Bucharest got permission to bring back 1,400 orphans. Mohyliv-Podilskyi was liberated that month; many Jewish men were immediately drafted by the Soviet army. Many who stayed in the city were killed by German bombs. Most of the deportees were allowed to return to Romania in the spring of 1945.
After restoration of Ukrainian Independence
From August 24, 1991 — in the Ukraine.
Twin towns — sister cities
Mohyliv-Podilskyi is twinned with: