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Tyvriv (Ukrainian: Тиврів; Polish: Tywrów) is an urban-type settlement in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Geographically it is in eastern Podolia on the shore of Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of the Tyvriv Raion (district). Population: 4,162 (2015 est.)
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Map of Tyvriv, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine
History
Tyvriv is a small city along the Bug river, southeast of Vinnytsia. In 1900, there were around 1,000 Jews living there. The city was under German, then Romanian occupation from 1941 to 1944.
The Jews were killed during two different actions in a forest close to the city, in 1941, when it was still under German occupation. There was several hundred victims.
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