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Voronkov (Voronkov, Ukraine) |
Other Names: Voronkov [Russian] , Voronke, Voronko, Voronkov [Yiddish], Voron'kiv [Ukrainian], Woronkow [Polish] See also: JewishGen Locality Page
Location:
Voronkov is located on the left side of the
Dneiper River, approximately 31.9 miles (51.4 kilometers) SE of Kiev,
Ukraine, and 507 miles (816 kilometers) SE of Warsaw, Poland.
Modern maps showing Voronkov:
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at Latitude 50°13'N, Longitude 30°54'E;
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Voronkiv, 2010 |
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The Yiddish author, Shalom Aleichem (Shalom Rabinowitz), lived in Voronkov as a child with his family during the 1860s, and it later served him as the model for the fictitious town of Kasrilevke described in his works.
Historical Outline of Sovereignty over Voronkov
In 1569, Voronkov was
part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
It probably came under Russian rule when Kiev was seized in 1775.
In 1900, as part of Russia, it was in the Pereyaslav District,
Poltava Gubernia. In 1930 it
was located in the Kiev District, Ukraine SSR. Today it is in Kiev Oblast,
Ukraine.
Research
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JewishGen Ukraine Database
More than two million records
for Ukraine, from a variety of sources, including: voter lists, business
directories, vital records, diplomatic records, yizkor books, and others.
The JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) for Voronkov -- A database of ancestral towns and surnames currently being researched by Jewish genealogists worldwide.
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