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Pechenizhin
| Years | State | Province | District |
| Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland |
Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) Ziemia halicka |
Stanislawów starostwo; Kołomyia powiat |
| 1772-1918 | "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy |
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
Kołomyia powiat, Galicia |
| 1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | |
| 1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy |
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
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| 1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
| May 1919 - September 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Peczeniżyn 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 Kreishauptmannschaft |
| 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' | Коломийський р-н |
| Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
| 1655 | - | ||
| 1870s | |||
| 1880 | 4,640 | 1,174 | 25.30% |
| 1890 | 5,867 | 2,024 | 34.49% |
| 1900 | 6,838 | 2,224 | 32.52% |
| 1913 | 7,000 | 2,300 | 32.85% |
| 1921 | 5,984 | 1,413 | 23.61% |
| 1931 | ? | 1,330 | |
| 2005 | 5,350 |
Pechenezhin is a small town in western Ukraine on the Luchka and Pecheniga rivers, 12 km. from Kolomya.
Pechenizhyn was a small town in the possession of a nobleman. We know that Jews resided there as early as the 18th century, since the wooden synagogue in the town, complete with its spectacular wall paintings, dates to this time. The population of the town – both Jewish and non-Jewish – grew significantly following the discovery of oil wells at the end of the 19th century. In 1890 there were 2,224 Jews in Pechenizhyn (out of 6,838 inhabitants), but with the decrease in oil production the Jewish population of the town dwindled, with many leaving for other locations in Galicia or abroad. During the Holocaust the Jews of Pechenizhyn were deported to the Kołomyja ghetto, where they died together with the Jews of Kolomyja.
The only witness to the former Jewish life of this town is an old cemetery, situated on the hill across the river from Pechenizhyn.
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