Stanislawow (Ivano-Frankivsk)

Name in Ukrainian: 
Ivano-Frankivsk [Івано-Франківськ], Stanislav [Станiслав]
Name in Polish: 
Stanisławów
Name in German: 
Stanislau
Name in Hebrew: 
איוונו-פרנקיבסק, סטניסלבוב
Name in Yiddish: 
Stanislev [סטאניסלעוו]
Historical-cultural region: 
Eastern Galicia - Prikarpattia
Administrative History: 

 

Years State Province District
Till 1772 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland

Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie)

 
1772-1867 "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien)  
1867-1914 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) Stanislau Gebiet/powiat
1914-1915 Under Russian occupation General-Government Galitsiia  
1915-1918 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) Stanislau Gebiet/powiat
1918 - May 1919 West-Ukrainian People's Republic    
May 1919 - September 1939 Republic of Poland Stanislawów wojewódstwo  Stanislawów poniat
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'  
Since 1991 Republic of Ukraine Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast'  

 

Population Data: 
Year Total Jews Percentage of Jews
1792  5,432  2,237  41.1%
1847  10,866  5,958  54.8%
1880  18,626  10,028  53.8%
1910  33,280  15,253  45.8%
1921  28,204  15,860  56.2%
1931  72,350  24,823  34.3%
2008

222,000

 ~300  

Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in southwestern Ukraine (453 km from Kiev). It is the administrative center of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) and its largest city. Prior to 1962, the city was known as Stanislawów. There are two rivers in the city: Bistritsa Nadvirnianska and Bistritsa Solotvinska. While the old synagogue and old Jewish cemetery were destroyed, there still exist the Temple (now the functioning synagogue), two other synagogue buildings and the new Jewish cemetery.

The photographs made by Dr. Vladimir Levin  in April and August 2009 see at the Gallery section.

See historical map of the city (1939) here