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Village in Ternopil Oblast, UkraineVillage in Ternopil, Ukraine
Sukhostav Сухостав
Village
Sukhostav is located in Ternopil OblastSukhostavSukhostavShow map of Ternopil OblastSukhostav is located in UkraineSukhostavSukhostavShow map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°09′17″N 25°51′14″E / 49.15472°N 25.85389°E / 49.15472; 25.85389
CountryUkraine
OblastTernopil
Raionhusiatyn
Founded1553
Population
 • Total982

Sukhostav (Ukrainian: Сухостав; Polish: Suchostaw, Yiddish: סעכעסטעוו, romanized: Suchastov) is a village in Husiatyn Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, it has population of 982. It is located by the Nichlava Rivier. It is the administrative center of Sukhostav rural council.

There is a Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Sukhostav. ( Media related to Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Sukhostav at Wikimedia Commons)

History

In 1553 Mikołaj Potocki [pl] of King Sigismund II Augustus court obtains a privilege from King to establish a miasteczko (market town) in place of the village of Jablonow. For faster development it was granted the Magdeburg rights and relieved of state taxes for 15 years. Eventually Jablonow remained a village, and the miasteczko named Suchostaw was established nearby. The coat of arms of the place was Pilawa (the owner's) on the blue field, with the golden fish on the bottom (Only fish remained on the current c.o.a.). Over time it changed owners. It was destroyed during the Khmelnytsky Cossack Uprising (1648-1657) and rebuilt again. During the Partitions of Poland it belonged to the Austrian Partition.

Jewish history

When the mizateczko was restored after the Cossack Uprising, Jewish innkeepers, renters and tradesmen started settling the place. During World War I some 200 Jews emigrated, but some 40 families stayed, engaged in small crafts and peddling.

During World War II the Jewish population was expelled to the nearby town of Khorostkiv and most probably they were exterminated during the Holocaust.

References

  1. A governmental webpage for the village (archived)
  2. ^ Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, vol. XI, p. 540
  3. ^ "Suchostaw", a translation from: Pinkas Hakehillot, Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Poland, Volume II, pages 349-350, published by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
Kopychyntsi urban hromada
Administrative center: Kopychyntsi
Villages

49°09′17″N 25°51′14″E / 49.15472°N 25.85389°E / 49.15472; 25.85389

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