Verkhovina
Name in English:
Verkhovina
Name in Ukrainian:
Verkhovyna [Верховина]
Name in Polish:
Wierchowina (Żabie)
Name in German:
Werchowyna
Name in Russian:
Верховина (Verkhovina)
Administrative History:
Years | State | Province | District |
Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland |
Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) Ziemia halicka |
Stanislawów starostwo; powiat |
1772-1918 | "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy |
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
|
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 | |
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' | Верховинський р-н |
Population Data:
Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
1655 | - | ||
1870s | |||
1880 | |||
1890 | 6,816 | 654 | 9.59% |
1900 | |||
1910 | |||
1921 | 8,188 | 673 | 8.21% |
2005 | 5,412 |
Verkhovina ( till 1962-Żabie) is a town in western Ukraine on Chorni Cheremish river,30 km. from Kosow and 150 km. from Ivano-Frankivsk.