Dolina

Name in English: 
Dolina
Name in Ukrainian: 
Dolyna [Долина]
Name in Polish: 
Dolina
Name in German: 
Dolyna
Name in Russian: 
Dolina [Долина]
Name in Yiddish: 
Dolina [דאלינע]
Administrative History: 
Years State Province District
Till 1772 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie)  Ziemia halicka Dolina powiat
1772-1918 "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) Dolina powiat
1914-1915 Under Russian occupation General-Government Galitsiia  
1915-1918 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) Dolina powiat
1918 - May 1919 West-Ukrainian People's Republic    
May 1919 - September 1939 Republic of Poland Stanislawów wojewódstwo Dolina powiat
September 1939 - June 1941 USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Stanislav oblast' Dolyna raion
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' Dolyna raion
Since 1991 Republic of Ukraine Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' Dolyna raion
Population Data: 
Year Total Jews Percentage of Jews
1870  6,638  1,980  29.82%
1880  7,596  2,450  32.25% 
1890  8,344  2,593  31.07%
1900  9,110  2,654  29.13%
1910  9,852  2,555  25.93%
1921  8,760  2,014  22.99%
1931  ?  2,488  
2005  20,696  0  

Dolina is a small town on the Tyrianka river ,70 km from  Ivano-Frankivsk.  The only building of the synagogue on the central street is used as a Baptist church and the Jewish cemetery is completely destroyed. The monument on the place where the Dolina Jews were murdered is situated behind the synagogue.In the

For photographs made by Dr. Vladimir Levin in August 2009,  see Gallery section.