Bratslav

thumb|Remnants of the Jewish cemetery (from 501 to 5000 stones, the oldest one is from 1648) in Bratslav (photo taken in 2018) Bratslav (, ; ) is a rural settlement in Ukraine, located in Tulchyn Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast, by the Southern Bug river. It is a medieval European city and a regional center of the Eastern Podolia region (see Bracław Voivodeship) founded by government of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, which dramatically lost its importance during the 19th–20th centuries. Population:

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Settlement.name: Bratslav
Settlement.native_name: Брацлав, בראַסלעװ
Settlement.native_name_lang: uk, yi
Settlement.settlement_type: Rural settlement
Settlement.image_skyline: Брацлав. Костел Матері Божої DSC 0070.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Our Lady of the Scapular
Settlement.image_shield: Braclaw coa XVIII XX.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Bratslav
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Vinnytsia Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tulchyn Raion
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1362
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 19.2

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Official name: Брацлав
Population: 4995
Area: 19.2
Elevation: 201
Image: Bratslav.jpg
Licence plate code: КВ / 02

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Commons category: Bratslav
native label: Брацлав
postal code: 22870
inception: 1362-00-00
time of earliest written record: 1362-00-00
P8168: John Ridley Stroop

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==Name== In addition to the Ukrainian (Bratslav), in other languages the name of the city is and , Bratslev. Today also pronounced Breslev or Breslov as the name of a Hasidic group, which originated from this town.