JEWISH GALICIA & BUKOVINA

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Halich is a town on the Dniester river, 26 km north of Ivano-Frankivsk. In the 12^th-14^th centuries, Halich was the capital of the Halich and Halich-Volynian Principality. When Austria annexed this part of the Polish Kingdom in 1772, the new name of the region - Galicia - was derived from the name Halich.

Now it is a small town on the Dniester River, on the road from Lviv to Ivano-Frankivsk.

Since the 13^th century, there was a Karaite community in Halich. The Karaites lived on the Karaite Street and had their cemetery in the suburb Zalukva, on the high bank of the Dniester. This cemetery is relatively well preserved.

While Karaite kenessa was destroyed in 1985 (for pictures see http://www.bagnowka.com/index.php?m=cm&g=zoom&img=3418&gal=21), two synagogues are still standing, as well as the remnants of the Jewish cemeteries.

Photographs of Halich with its Jewish and Karaite cemeteries made by Dr. Vladimir Levin in August 2009  see the Gallery section.