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Kalush
Name in Ukrainian:
Kalush [Калуш]
Name in Polish:
Kalusz
Name in German:
Kalusch
Name in Hebrew:
קאלוש
Name in Yiddish:
קאלוש (Kalush or Kalish)
Historical-cultural region:
Eastern Galicia - Prikarpattia
Administrative District :
Ivano-Frankivsk Region
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) | Kalusz powiat |
| 1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | Kalusz uezd |
| 1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Kalusz powiat |
| 1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
| May 1919 - September 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Kalusz powiat |
| September 1939 - June 1941 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislav oblast' | Kalush 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' | Kalush raion |
| Since 1991 | Republic of Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' | Kalush raion |
Population Data:
| Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
| 1765 | - | 1,662 | - |
| 1880 | 7,210 | 4,267 | 59.1% |
| 1890 | 7,526 | 4,241 | 56.3% |
| 1910 | 8,653 | 4,363 | 50.4% |
| 1921 | 6,619 | 3,121 | 47.1% |
| 1931 | ? | 3,967 | |
| 2004 |
63,800 |
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| 2006 | 67,700 |
Kalush is a town in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, on the river Limnytsia, 35 km from Ivano-Frankivsk. The vibrant town of Kalush is relatively well preserved. The Jewish cemetery is situated behind high apartment houses.
For photographs of Kalush and its Jewish cemetery made by Dr. Vladimir Levin in August 2009, see the Gallery section.
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