Tarnopol Voivodeship bis 17 September 1939, location the city

Buchach' (Ukrainian: Бучач; Polish: Buczacz; Yiddish: בעטשאָטש, translit. Betshotsh, German: Butschatsch) is a small city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester River) in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Buchatsky Raion (district), and rests 135 km south east of Lviv, in the historic region of Galicia. Image File history File links Tarnopolskie. ... Image File history File links Tarnopolskie. ... Tarnopol Voivodeship Tarnopol Voivodeship bis 17 September 1939 A voivodeship of Poland 1920-1939 Capital: Tarnopol Main cities: Brody, Brzezany, Buczacz, Czortków, Zloczów Area: 16,500 km² Population: Totals 1,600,406 Poles 789,114 (49. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Chicago from the air. ... The river Dniestr (in Polish and Russian; Nistru in Romanian; Дністер, Dnister in Ukrainian; Tyras in Latin; also known as Dniester) is a river in Eastern Europe. ... Ternopil Oblast (Тернопільська область, Ternopil’s’ka oblast’ or Тернопільщина, Ternopil’shchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: ; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons, Georgian: , raioni) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. ... Motto: Semper fidelis Location Map of Ukraine with Lviv. ... Coat-of-arms of Galicia Galicia is a historical region currently split between Poland and Ukraine. ...

The current estimated population is around 12,500 (as of 2001). 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

History

The earliest recorded mention of Buchach is in 1397, almost fifty years after Galicia was conquered by Poland. It was during this time that the area experienced a large influx of Polish, Jewish and Armenian settlers. Buchach in particular became home to a large Jewish community, and is thus considered to be a shtetl. Events February 10 - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... A shtetl or shtetele (Yiddish: , diminutive form of Yiddish shtot, town) was typically a small town or village with a large Jewish population in pre-Holocaust Central and Eastern Europe. ...

In 1772, Galicia was annexed by Austria as part of the First Partition of Poland. Buchach remained a part of Austria and its successor states until the end of the First World War in 1918. Buchach was briefly a part of the independent West Ukrainian People's Republic before it was captured by the Republic of Poland in 1923. In World War II, Eastern Galicia, including Buchach, was annexed by the Soviet Union and incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR (see Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). In 1941, it was invaded by Nazi Germany; the town's Jewish community was almost completely obliterated during the Holocaust. The town was returned to the Soviet Union after the war, during which time its Polish community was ethnically cleansed. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Buchach became a part of newly independent Ukraine. Catherine IIs soldiers in the Russo-Turkish War, by Alexandre Benois. ... The Partitions of Poland (Polish Rozbiór or Rozbiory Polski) happened in the 18th century and ended the existence of a sovereign state of Poland (or more correctly the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). ... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Italy Russia United States Serbia Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Nicholas II Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von Hötzendorf Ä°smail Enver Ferdinand I Casualties... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The West Ukrainian National Republic (Ukrainian: ) was a short-lived republic that existed in late 1918 and early 1919 in eastern Galicia, Bukovina and Transcarpathia and included the cities of Lviv, Kolomyya, and Stanislav. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is becoming very long. ... State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... Molotov signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact. ... This article is about the year. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Selection procedure of Hungarian Jews at the Auschwitz camp on 26 May 1944, where the Nazis chose whom to kill immediately and whom to use as slave labor or for medical experimentation. ... Ethnic cleansing refers to various policies or practices aimed at the displacement of an ethnic group from a particular territory. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

People

• Lee Strasberg
• Shmuel Yosef Agnon
• Simon Wiesenthal
• Emanuel Ringelblum
• Alicia Appleman-Jurman
• Abraham David ben Asher Anshel Buczacz

Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901–February 17, 1982) was an American director, actor, producer, and acting teacher. ... Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון; known as shay agnon, born Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes) (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was the first Hebrew writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature (1966). ... Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal, KBE, (Buczacz, December 31, 1908 – Vienna, September 20, 2005) was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer who became a Nazi hunter after surviving the Holocaust. ... Emanuel Ringelblum (1900 Buchach-1944 Warsaw) was a Polish-Jewish historian, politician and social worker, known for his Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto, Notes on the Refugees in Zbąszyn chronicling the deportation of Jews from the town of Zbąszyn, and the so-called Ringelblums Archives of the... Alicia Jurman (Alicia Appleman-Jurman being her married name), born 1930, is a Polish-born memoirist and has spoken out about her experiences of the Holocaust in her autobiography, Alicia: My Story. ... Abraham David ben Asher Anshel Buczacz (1770 at Nadworna–1840 at Buczacz), sometimes called simply Buczacz, was a Galician Talmudist. ...

Twin towns

• Złotoryja, Poland.

Złotoryja (Latin: Aureus Mons, Aurum, German Goldberg) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodship, southwestern Poland. ...

Nearby Towns

• Budaniv
• Chortkiv
• Zolochiv
• Laskivtsi (Laskovits)
• Pyliava
• Velesniv
• Koropets'
• Monastyrs'ka

Budaniv (Ukrainian: Буданів, Polish(German): Budzanów, Russian: Буданов Budanov) is a city in Western Ukraine, near Chortkiv, Buchach. ... Chortkiv is a city in Ternopil oblast, Galicia, Western Ukraine, and was the one of shtetls. ... Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів, Polish: Złoczew, Złoczów, Yiddish: זלאָטשעװ Zlotshev) is a Ukrainian town in Lvivska oblast. One of the shtetls. ...

See also

• shtetl

A shtetl or shtetele (Yiddish: , diminutive form of Yiddish shtot, town) was typically a small town or village with a large Jewish population in pre-Holocaust Central and Eastern Europe. ...

	Subdivisions of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
	Raions: Berezhanskyi | Borshchivskyi | Buchatskyi | Chortkivskyi | Husiatynskyi | Kozivskyi | Kremenetskyi | Lanovetskyi | Monastyryskyi | Pidhaietskyi | Pidvolochyskyi | Shumskyi | Terebovlianskyi | Ternopilskyi | Zalishchytskyi | Zbarazkyi | Zborivskyi Image File history File links Ternopil-oblast-COA.PNG File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ternopil Buchach Chortkiv Berezhany Zbarazh Kremenets Zalishchyky Terebovlya Pidhaytsi Template:Cities in Ternopil Oblast Pochayiv ... Ternopil Oblast (Тернопільська область, Ternopil’s’ka oblast’ or Тернопільщина, Ternopil’shchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... Berezhanskyi Raion is district in the westernmost corner of Ternopil region in western area of Ukraine, area traditionally known as Halychyna (Galicia). ... Borshchivskyi Raion (Ukrainian: , translit. ... Kozivskyi raion (Ukrainian: Козівський район) is district in Ternopilska oblast of western Ukraine. ... Pidhaietskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Підгаєцький район) is district in western part of Ternopilska oblast, western Ukraine. ... The Zalishchytskyi Raion (Ukrainian: ) is a sub-division of the Ternopil Oblast. ...
	Cities: Berezhany | Borshchiv | Buchach | Chortkiv | Khorostkiv | Kopychyntsi | Kremenets | Lanivtsi | Monastyryska | Pidhaitsi | Pochaiv | Shumsk | Skalat | Terebovlia | Ternopil | Zalischyky | Zbarazh | Zboriv Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and... Tarnopol Voivodeship bis 17 September 1939, location the city Panorama over the old town of Berezhany Berezhany (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a city located in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Borschiv (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a city in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Chortkiv is a city in Ternopil oblast, Galicia, Western Ukraine, and was the one of shtetls. ... Khorostkiv (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. ... Kopychyntsi (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. ... Kremenets (Ukrainian: Кременець, Polish: Krzemieniec) is a city in northern Ternopil Oblast, Volhynia, Western Ukraine. ... Lanivtsi (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. ... Monastyryska (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. ... Pidhaytsi (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Pochayiv Lavra of the Assumption of the Theotokos has for centuries been the foremost spiritual and ideological centre of various Orthodox denominations in Western Ukraine. ... Shumsk (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. ... Skalat (Ukrainian: , Polish: SkaÅ‚at) is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Terebovlia (Ukrainian: , also Terebovlya, Polish: ) is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Motto: Oblast Ternopil Oblast Mayor Bogdan Evgenovich Levkiv Area 59 kм² Population  - city  - density 221,300 (2004) 3,831 /km² Founded 1540 Latitude Longitude Area code +380 352 Car plates  ?? sister cities Municipal Website Ternopil (Ukrainian: ; Polish: ; Russian: ) is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the... Tarnopol Voivodeship bis 17 September 1939, location the city Zalischyky (Ukrainian: , also Zalishchyky, Polish: , Russian: , translit. ... Zbarazh (Ukrainian: Збараж; Polish: Zbaraż; also known as Zbarj) is a town in Galicia, Western Ukraine. ... Zboriv (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a small city in Ternopil Oblast, west Ukraine in the historical region of Galicia. ...
	Urban-type settlements: Husiatyn | Kozova | Pidvolochysk | more... Urban-type settlement (Russian: , posyolok gorodskogo tipa; Ukrainian: , selyshche miskoho typu; abbreviated as in Russian and as in Ukrainian) is an official designation for a certain type of urban settlements used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union. ... Husiatyn is a town (1978 pop. ... Kozova is a small town, in Ternopilska oblast of western Ukraine, in the historic area known as Galicia, 16 km east of Berezhany, some 30 km west of Ternopil and ca. ... As of January 1, 2006 there are 886 urban-type settlements (Ukrainian: , translit. ...
	Villages: Budaniv | Okopy | Shutromintsy| more... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Budaniv (Ukrainian: Буданів, Polish(German): Budzanów, Russian: Буданов Budanov) is a city in Western Ukraine, near Chortkiv, Buchach. ... Okopy (Ukrainian: ) is a village (selo) in western Ukraine. ... Shutromintsy (Ukrainian: Шутроминці) is a village in Ternopil Oblast, Western Ukraine, in the district of Zalishchytskyi. ...

Coordinates: 49°05′N 25°24′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...