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Kosiv
Name in Ukrainian:
Kosiv [Косiв]
Name in Polish:
Kosów
Name in Hebrew:
קוסוב
Name in Yiddish:
קאסאוו (Kosov)
Names in other languages:
Cosău (Romanian)
Historical-cultural region:
Eastern Galicia - Pokuttia
Administrative District :
Ivano-Frankivsk Region
Administrative History:
| Years | State | Province | District |
| Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland | Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) Ziemia halicka | Stanislawów starostwo; Kosow powiat |
| 1772-1918 | "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy |
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
Kosów powiat |
| 1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | |
| 1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Kosów powiat |
| 1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
| May 1919 - September 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Kosów 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 | Stanislau Kreishaupt-mannschaft |
| 1944-91 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast'; since 1962 renamed Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' | Kosiv raion |
| Since 1991 | Republic of Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' | Kosiv raion |
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Population Data:
| Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
| 1765 | ? | 400 | - |
| 1880 | 2,784 | 2,179 | 78.26% |
| 1890 | 3,037 | 2,472 | 81.39% |
| 1900 | 3,094 | 2,563 | 82.83% |
| 1910 | 5,563 | 2,950 | 53.02% |
| 1921 | 4,234 | 2,166 | 51.15% |
| 1931 | ? | 2,400 | |
| 1990 | 8,900 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 8,300 | 0 |
Kosov is a city at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains on the Rybnica River, 50 km from Ivano-Frankivsk. The town of Kosov was once a home of an influencial Hasidic dynasty.
The photographs made by Dr. Vladimir Levin in August 2009 see at Gallery section.
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