Burshtyn

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Burshtyn
Бурштин
Bursztyn
Бурштын
City of regional significance
Pipes of Burshtyn TES (coal-fired power station)
Pipes of Burshtyn TES (coal-fired power station)
Flag of Burshtyn
Flag
Official seal of Burshtyn
Seal
Etymology: Amber (in Ukrainian and Polish)
Burshtyn is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Burshtyn
Burshtyn
Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 24°37′40″E / 49.25833°N 24.62778°E / 49.25833; 24.62778Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 24°37′40″E / 49.25833°N 24.62778°E / 49.25833; 24.62778
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
MunicipalityBurshtyn
Population
 (2021)
 • Total14,866

Burshtyn (Ukrainian: Буршти́н, Polish: Bursztyn, Hebrew: בורשטין‎) is a city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine, to the north of Halych. It is accessible by rail. Burshtyn hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 14,866 (2021 est.)[2]

It developed rapidly and significantly grew in population during the Soviet period. Administratively, Burshtyn is incorporated as a city of regional significance.

The town, which was one of the Jewish shtetls, and whose name in Ukrainian and Polish literally means amber, was only granted city status in 1993 and has a special administrative status in Halych Raion. As an urbanized settlement from 1944 to 1962 it was the main town of the raion. There is an old Roman Catholic Church in the center of the city, which was restored at the beginning of the 21st century.

One of its landmarks is the Burshtyn TES coal-fired power station, which is situated on a reservoir approximately 8 km long and 2 km wide. A fish farm lies on the lake near the district of Bilshivtsi. The town is known for its soccer club Enerhetyk.

History[]

The first mention of this town was in a Halych history book from 1596, where it was referred to as Nove Selo (New village), although the town establishment dates back to 1554.[citation needed] In 1809, Franz Xaver Mozart, son of Wolfgang A. Mozart, lived in Burshtyn which at that time was part of the Austrian Empire.

There is an old Jewish cemetery in Burshtyn, the only surviving testament of once thriving Jewish community in the city – in 1942 there were 1,700 Jews residing in Burshtyn. German troops entered Burshtyn in July but for a few weeks the Ukrainian militia were in control. During that time, they initiated a pogrom against the Jews with many arrested, beaten, and robbed. Some Jewish leaders were gathered in the synagogue where they were humiliated, beaten, and had their beards shown. Ukrainians drank and celebrated throughout the night, while Jews were beaten on the street and their properties looted. When the Germans took control, they established a ghetto and conscripted Jews for forced labor in the town and elsewhere. Jews were rounded up in September and October 1942. Many were killed in the town by German security services and Ukrainian auxiliary police. Most were sent to Belzec where they were immediately murdered or to the Rohatyn ghetto where they were later murdered or sent on to Belzec.[3]

The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century with the last known Hasidic Jewish burial in the 1940s.

It was in Halych Raion until 11 March 2014. Subsequently, until 18 July 2020, Burshtyn was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Burshtyn Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Burshtyn Municipality was merged into the newly established Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.[4][5]

Notable residents[]

Gallery[]

  • The old Jewish cemetery in Burshtyn

  • Burshtyn railway station

  • Cathedral in Burshtyn

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Бурштынская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ Megargee, Geoffrey (2012). Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press. p. Volume II 766-768. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
  4. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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