Kuty

Name in Ukrainian: 
Kuty [Кути], Stari Kuty [Старi Кути]
Name in Polish: 
Kuty
Name in German: 
Kutten
Name in Hebrew: 
קוטי
Name in Yiddish: 
Kitev [קיטעוו]
Names in other languages: 
Cuturi (Romanian)
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; Kosów powiat
1772-1918 "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) Kosów powiat
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' Kosow powiat
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' Kosiv raion
Since 1991 Republic of Ukraine Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' Kosiv raion
Population Data: 
Year Total Jews Percentage of Jews
1765 -  972 -
1880  6,333  2,966  46.83%
1890  6,353  3,045  47.93%
1900  6,689  3,137  46.89%
1910  6,740  3,197  47.43%
1921  5,504  2,605  47.39%
1931    2,900  
2006  4,272  0  

Kuty is a town on Cheremosh river, 1.2 km from Viznitza and 10 km from Kosov. It is notable as one of the historical centres and the namesake of a historical region of Pokuttya.