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Hvizdets
Name in English:
Gvozdets
Name in Ukrainian:
Гвіздець (Hvizdets)
Name in Polish:
Gwoździec
Name in Russian:
Гвоздец (Gvozdets)
Name in Yiddish:
גוואזדזעץ(Gvozdetz )
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; 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) |
|
| 1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
| May 1919 - September 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Kołomyia 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 raion |
Population Data:
| Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
| 1765 | ? | 541 | - |
| 1870s | |||
| 1880 | 1,867 | 1,263 | 67.64% |
| 1890 | |||
| 1900 | 2,422 | 1,663 | 68.66% |
| 1921 | 1,992 | 1,234 | 61.94% |
| 1988 | 1,750 | ||
| 2004 | 1,896 |
Gvizdets is a small town in western Ukraine on Chorniava river (tributary of Prut river), 20 km. from Kolomya and 22 km. from Horodenka.
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