Medzhybizh
Also known as Medzhibozh, Medzhibizh
Medzhybizh (; ; ; ), formerly Mezhybozhe, is a rural settlement in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in Khmelnytskyi Raion, 25 kilometres from Khmelnytskyi on the main highway between Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia at the confluence of the Southern Buh and Buzhok rivers. Medzhybizh was once a prominent town in the former Podolia Province. Its name is derived from "mezhbuzhye", which means "between the Buzhenka (and the Buh) Rivers". It is known as the birthplace of the Jewish Hasidic mystical religious movement. Medzhybizh hosts the administration of Medzhybizh settlement hromada
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Khmelnytskyi Raion
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1146
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_total
- 1731
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 2.38
- Settlement.official_name
- Medzhybizh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Rural settlement
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Меджибізький замок 0448-1.jpg
Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Earliest history
- The Cossack uprising of 1648
- Turkish rule and later Polish period
- [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] in Medzhybizh
- Russian rule
- Soviet rule
- World War II
- Post–World War II Soviet rule
- Medzhybizh today
- Jewish history and culture
- Jewish institutions in Medzhybizh
- Paleolithic site
- Sites to see
- Notable people associated with Medzhybizh
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Medzhybizh (; ; ; ), formerly Mezhybozhe, is a rural settlement in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in Khmelnytskyi Raion, 25 kilometres from Khmelnytskyi on the main highway between Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia at the confluence of the Southern Buh and Buzhok rivers. Medzhybizh was once a prominent town in the former Podolia Province. Its name is derived from "mezhbuzhye", which means "between the Buzhenka (and the Buh) Rivers". It is known as the birthplace of the Jewish Hasidic mystical religious movement. Medzhybizh hosts the administration of Medzhybizh settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Current population: 1,731, (2001 census).
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