Shtetl: Mohyliv-Podilskyy, Ukraine
Current
names for the town are also Mogilev-Podol'skiy or Mohilev Podolsk.
Other
spellings for the town, depending on language, include the following:
- Могилів-Подільський, Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy,
and Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyj (Ukranian)
- Mohylów
Podolski and Mogil
(Polish)
- Moghilǎu,
Movilǎu, and Moghil (Romanian)
- Mogil-Podol'skiy [Russian]
- מאָהילעװ (Hebrew-Yiddish)
- Mohilev
Podolsk (Yiddish)
The Region/Province/Gubernia where Mohyliv-Podilskyy was located changed with time, in terms
of name and ruling country. From about 1900 to before WWI, the name
for the Town/District/Province was Mogilev, Mogilev, or Podolia,
part of the Russian Empire. Under czarist rule, it was the district town
of Podolia. Circa 1930, it was Mogilev-Podolski, in the Vinnitsa oblast of the Ukraine,
Russia. After WWII, it was known as Mogil-Podolskiy,
in the Ukraine SSR of the Soviet Union.
Location
Mohyliv-Podilskyy
is situated next to the Dniester River in Southern Ukraine. Founded in
1595, the town is in the Vinnitsa oblast on the southern border.
(Latitude 48°27´ N, Longitude 27°48´ E)
Maps
The section on Mohyliv-Podilskyy
Resources includes links to additional maps. Here is a link to mapquest.
http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/mapquest.pl?lat=484500&lng=278000
Pictures
The Reference Listing for this shtetl includes links to documents and websites which
include pictures, photos and other graphics. Shown here are some
photographs of Jewish people who once lived in and near the Mohyliv-Podilskyy
shtetl. The photos were contributed by members
of the Mohyliv-Podilskyy online group.
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Bella, Samuel, and Pauline Berenson |
Simcha (Sidney) Geselowitz and Guta (Gertrude) Weinberg – circa 1920 |
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Blinchiks, including Laiser Blinchik (front row center), and others – circa
1954 |
Laiser Blinchik (right) and son David Blinchik |
Liba,
David, and Laiser Blinchik |
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Iosef Furman and Chaitke (Jusit) Furman - late 1890s |
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Schulim, Leah, Lena, and Mojsche
Brownstein – 1910 |
Rose Brownstein with Berl, Schulim and Ben – 1910 |
Dorothy, Mark, Harry, Nettie, Anna, and baby Dora Faber -
1910 |
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Bernie Brownstein – circa 1905 |
Ben and Bernie Brownstein – 1910 |
Sam Brownstein – circa 1904 |
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Family of Yosel Sarfas – circa 1928 |
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Trachenbroits: Eta, Rose, Susie, Sonia, Eva (rear), Holden (Sonia
husband), Marvin, and Hilda (Sonia’s children) |
Trachtenbroit - Dinovitz Society |
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Mordechai and Gittel (Waxman) Trachenbroit – circa 1895 |
Abraham (Abe) Trachenbroit |
Gittel
(Waxman) Trachtenbroit |
History
According to
the Encylopedia of Ukraine's section on Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Stanislaw Rewera
Potocki founded the town, in 1595 “at the site
of Ivankivtsi village and named it after his
father-in-law, Yarema (Ieremia)
Mohyla (Movilă).”
Mohyla was a prince of Moldavia. A castle
was built a few years later. From that time onward, the town was known by
a variety of names.
Commercially, it became an important trading center on the trade route between
Moldavia and the Ukraine; consequently, the town in Podalia
grew.
Uprisings occurred in 1596 (The Severyn Nalyvaiko), 1614, and 1637-8.
In 1616 its Orthodox brotherhood set up a printing press, and in the 18th
century printed books in Ukrainian, Russian, Greek, and Moldavian.
In 1648, the town became a regiment center in Bohdan Khmelntsky's Cossack Hetman state, then
was destroyed during the Cossack-Polish War in 1649 and 1654.
In 1672, the town was captured by the Turks, and remained under Turkish rule
until 1699.
The town gained the rights of Magdeburg law in 1743 and developed into a
flourishing economic and cultural center.
Until 1795, the town was under Polish Rule. That ended in 1795, when
Russia assumed the role. Russia turned the town into a county center in Podilia Gubernia.
By the late 1800s, the town had regained its commercial importance. It
was once again a river port for exporting farm products. By 1897, the
population was 32,440, half of which was Jewish.
From 1917-1920, when Ukraine was striving for independence, the town was
involved in many battles. In June 1919, in a battle near the town, the
Army of the Ukrainian National Republic defeated the Red Army.
In 1923 the city was officially named Mohyliv-Podilskyi.
Today the city's chief industries are machine building and food processing.
Chronological
History
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1595 |
The town was founded by Stansilaw Rewera Potocki and named after Yarema Mohyla. |
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1595 |
Severyn
Nalyvaiko uprising. |
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1614 |
An uprising. |
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1637
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Jews are first mentioned as living
in the town.
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1637-1638 |
An uprising. |
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1648
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The town became a regiment center
in Khmelnytsky’s Cossack Hetman state. |
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1648-1649 |
Chmielnicki
massacres. (Note: No mention of Jews being victims.) |
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1649-1654 |
Cossack-Polish war when the
regiment center was destroyed. |
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1672-1699 |
Turkish rule. |
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1699-1795 |
Polish rule. In 1765, there
were 957 Jews in the town and within its vicinity. |
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1795
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Russian rule turned the town into
a county seat for Podilia Gubernia. |
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1808
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David/H.Z. David Stein
(father/son) moved their Hebrew press from Slopkovicz
to M-P; until 1819 produced 24 books. |
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1847
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There were 5411 Jews in the town
and within its vicinity.
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1896
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Jews began emigrating and
continued to do so through 1914. |
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1897
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There were which was 50-55 percent
of its population of 32,440 was Jewish. |
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1905
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In October, Jewish community
suffered in a wave of pogroms. |
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1914
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Jewish community greatly
diminished in numbers. Under
Soviet rule, Jewish community suffered, its institutions liquidated. |
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1917-1920 |
The town was involved in battles
when the Ukraine strove for independence. |
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1923
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The town was officially named Mohyliv-Podilskyi. |
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1926
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There were 9622 Jews in the town,
41.8 percent of the population. |
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1941
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In WWII, the town was occupied by
Germans and Rumanians (1941). The town was incorporated into the
region of Transnistria. |
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1941-1944 |
Jews were expelled by Rumania from
Bessarabia and Bukovina, sent to Transnistria.
By September 1943, Jews in Transnistria, most of whom were from Bukovina, numbered 13,184. |
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1959
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According to the 1959 census,
about 4,700 Jews lived in Mohylev, which was 22.5
percent of the population. |
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Mid-1960s
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The last synagogue was closed down
by the authorities. |
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2010 |
Population: 32,562 |
Bibliography
A Bibliography will be included in the future.
Mohyliv-Podilskyy Resources
Resources pertaining to Mohyliv-Podilskyy
are available. Wonderful photographs, maps, and diagrams are
presented. Because of rules for this shtetlinks
page, we cannot republish graphics from other websites without
permission. If permission is granted, upon request, we will gratefully
acknowledge it. A list of resources and links is being provided
here. Periodically, the list will be updated.
Background
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About
Mogilev Podolsky |
http://pikl33wapo.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-mogilev-podolsky.html |
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Ukraine:
Vinnitsa, Mogilev-Podolsky |
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Wikipedia
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
at Mogilev-Podolsk (Ukraine) |
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Mohyliv-Podilskyi - Old Jadish
Cemetery |
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Mogilev
Podolsk – Cemetery Project |
http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/ukraine/mogilev-podolsk.html |
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Mogilev-Podolski Gravestones |
http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/35832.html |
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Mogilev-Podolski Synagogue 1928 |
http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/24453.html |
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Mogilev
Podolskiy Cemetery List |
http://boards.msn.ancestry.com/localities.eeurope.ukraine.vinnytska/16.35/mb.ashx |
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Mogilev
Podolsky Cemetery List |
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.eeurope.ukraine.vinnytska/16.19/mb.ashx |
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Ukraine
– Cemetery
Project
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http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/ukraine/index.html |
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Jews in Mohyliv-Podilskyy
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Jewish
Community of Mogilev-Podolsky
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Jewish
Life in Ukraine’s 'last Jewish
city' |
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/33583/jewish-life-in-amber-in-ukraine-s-last-jewish-city/ |
Maps
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Russia,
Ukraine1882
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Vinnitska Region, Mogilev-Podolsky
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http://kartaonline.com/en/obls/30/regs/592/city/1026-mogilev-podolsky |
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Ukraine,
Mogilev-Podolski 1991 |
http://www.geschichteinchronologie.ch/eu/ukraine/EncJud_juden-kl-staedte-L-Z-ENGL.html |
Photos
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Boris
Feldblyum Collection |
http://www.bfcollection.net/cities/ukraine/mogilevpod/mogilevpod.html |
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Edgar
Hauster Photos 2010 |
http://hauster.blogspot.com/2010/12/mohyliv-podilskyi-ghetto.html |
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Rostdeore Photos |
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Yad Vashem Photo Archive |
http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/14966.html |
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Yad Vashem Photo Archive |
http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/33749.html |
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Yad Vashem Photo
Archive
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http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/34440.html |
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Travelogue & Historical Research
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Cemeteries,
Synagogues, Mass Graves |
http://www.heritageabroad.gov/Portals/0/documents/reports/survey_ukraine_2005.pdf |
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Druker’s List – My Lost Tribe |
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/radauti/mylosttribe.html |
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Mogilev-Podolskiy, the lost Jewish City |
http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com/2007/10/ukraine-mogilev-podolskiy-lost-jewish.html |
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Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Old Jadish cemetery |
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Pogroms
– Kishineff to Bialysotk
1903-1906
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Searching
for Ancestral Memories |
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/sadgura/spitzer/fuhrman2.html |
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Soviet
Union’s 'last Jewish city' |
WWII Holocaust
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Children
Roam Streets of Mohilev
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Jews
being led to forced labor |
http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/14966.html |
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Monument
to Righteous Men |
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Transnistria |
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0020_0_19998.html |
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Yad Vashem: Mogilev-Podolski |
http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206464.pdf |
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Yahad – In Unum |
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Yizkor Mohyliv-Podilskyy |
Memoirs
and Family Stories
Memoirs and Family Stories will be included in the future.
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