Halich
Years | State | Province | District |
Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland | Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) | Halich Land (Ziemia halicka) |
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) | Stanislawów powiat |
1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | Stanislav uezd |
1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Stanislawów powiat |
1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
May 1919 - September 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Stanislawow powiat |
September 1939 - June 1941 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislav oblast' | |
June 1941 - July 1944 | Under German occupation:
General Government (Das Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete) |
Distrikt Galizien | |
1944-91 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast'; since 1962 renamed Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' | Halych raion |
Since 1991 | Republic of Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' | Halych raion |
Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
1765 | - | 258 | - |
1870s | 3,033 | 839 | 27.6% |
1880 | 3,464 | 1,048 | 30.2% |
1890 | 3,887 | 1,238 | 31.8% |
1900 | 4,850 | 1,568 | 32.3% |
1921 | 3,442 | 582 | 16.9% |
1931 | ? | 878 | |
2008 | c.a. 6,406 |
Halich is a town on the Dniester river, 26 km north of Ivano-Frankivsk. In the 12th-14th 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 13th 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.
Items relevant to the community
Title | Type of item | Years |
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התכתבות הארגון להגירת יהודים "ה'יאס" עם המשר... | CAHJP Cards | 1935 |
Протоколы заседаний и постановления исполкома... | CAHJP Cards | 1947 |
По просьбе караимов Галича о предоставлении с... | CAHJP Cards | 1913 |
Ведомости:- о состоянии религиозных культов п... | CAHJP Cards | 1944 |
Zlata Weissman | People | 1890 to 1942 |
Yaakov | People | |
Wykaz organizacij kupeckich w Haliczu. | CAHJP Cards | 1934 |
Wykaz mieszkańców m. Halicz z zaznaczeniem nume... | CAHJP Cards | 1875 |
Wykaz gmin żydowskich i nazwisk rabinów w miejs... | CAHJP Cards | 1908 |
Wykaz chajderów z imionami nauczycieli ich utrz... | CAHJP Cards | 1908 |