Bohorodchany (Brotchin)
Years | State | Province | District |
Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland |
Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) |
Stanislawów starostwo; Kołomyia powiat (Powiat Kołomyjski) |
1772-1867 | "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire |
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
Stanislau Gebiet |
1867-1914 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy |
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
Bohorodczany powiat (Herbivnyk, 130) |
1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | |
1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy |
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
Bohorodczany powiat |
1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
May 1919 - Sept. 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Till 1932 Bohorodczany powiat |
Since 1932 Stanislawów powiat | |||
Sept. 1939 - June 1941 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislav oblast' | Since 1940: Bogorodchany (Bohorodchany) raion |
June 1941 - July 1944 |
Under German occupation:
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Distrikt Galizien | Stanislau Kreishaupt-mannschaft |
1944-91 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast'; since 1962 renamed Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' | Bogorodchany (Bohorodchany) raion |
Since 1991 | Republic of Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' | Bohorodchany raion |
Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
1765 | - | 564 (646 in the entire kahal) | - |
1870s | 4,595 | 2,009 | 43.7% |
1880 | 4,423 | 2,202 | 49.8% |
1890 | 4,781 | 2,505 | 52.4% |
1900 | 4,706 | 2,219 | 47.2% |
1910 | 4,378 | 1,930 | 44.1% |
1921 | 2,615 | 730 | 27.9% |
According to the statistical data submitted by the local authorities on May 28, 1920, there were 4240 people in Bohorodczany: 930 Poles, 2108 Russians and 1212 Jews. ( CAHJP, Hm2/8888.14)
For photographs of Bohorodczany see the Gallery section.
Bohorodchany is an urban settlement on the right bank of the Bystritsa Solotvinska River (a tributary of the Dniester River), located at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, 16 kilometers southeast of Ivano-Frankivs'k and 19 kilometers north of Nadvirna.
The name Bohorodchany is probably derived from the name used for the Virgin Mary in the Slavic languages, Bohoroditsa. First mentioned as a
The Yiddish form Brotchin is a reduction, common for the Yiddish language, in which the consonant "h" in the Slavic name is regularly omitted (We are thankful to Prof. Valerii Dymshits from St. Petersburg for this note).
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Koppelman | People | |
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Nebenzal | People | |
Salamon | People | |
Singer | People | |
Weis | People | |
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