Chervonohrad

Chervonohrad should not be confused with the defunct town of Czerwonogród.

Chervonohrad (Ukrainian: Червоноград) is a city located in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The city is designated as a separate raion (district) within the oblast. It about 62 km north of Lviv and 7 km from Sokal. The population numbers 68,300 inhabitants.

Prior to 1953, the city was known as Krystynopol (Ukrainian: Кристинопіль, translit. Krystynopil’). The German name for it was Krisnipolye. The city is known for mining that started in the 1950s. It passed from Poland to USSR after the territory exchange in 1951.

Municipality of Chervonohrad also includes the town of Sosnivka and the settlement of urban type Hirnyk.

Population

The interior of St. George's Church (built in the 1770s).

Increase in the number of inhabitants:

• 1939 — 3,000
• 1959 — 19,000
• 1970 — 44,000
• 1974 — 51,000
• 1981 — 58,000
• 1989 — 72,000
• 2001 — 70,500
• 2005 — 69,400
• 2010 — 68,300 ^[1][2]

Economics

Since 1951 the city became the center of newly emerged coal mining basin. Other enterprises, besides the mining works, include:

• a foundry producing iron-beton products
• wood processing plant
• dairy
• tailoring factory
• stockings factory

Education

• Branch of Lviv National Polytechnic University
• Mining College

Postal codes

80100-80110

History

Potocki palace

In May 1685 the royal hetman, Kraków Voivode Feliks Kazimierz Potocki, bought himself a new piece of land - on the Bug River. In 1692, he founded a city on the lands of the village Novyi Dvir (literally New Garden, Polish Nowy Dwór), which he named after the wife of the magnate, Krystyna (maiden last name Lubomirski, 1661–1699). Potocki made Krystonopil his family centre. He died here on September 22, 1702. His grandson Franz Salezy Potocki built a palace and founded (1763) a monastery of Basilians (barocco church of Saint George; prior to 1946 р. - mircale place with wonder icon of Mother of God).

The Church of the Holy Spirit (built in the 1750s).

In the 19th century, the "Krystonopil Apostol" and famous chronicle from 1763–1779, were kept in this city.

The Catholic order of Myrrh-bearing Sisters were founded in 1910 in Chervonohrad (then Krystynopol) by Fr. Yulian Datsii. The congregation was founded to gather funds to build a home for orphans and the poor. The first members of the congregation vowed to build two buildings: one for the people, one for the congregation. In 1913 the first convent arose, where 15 sisters lived.

Among the landmarks of the city is Count Potocki's Palace - the palatial home of count Potocki.

Krystynopol Jews

Presently there are 11-100 Jews residing in Chervonohrad. The earliest known Jewish community dates back to 1740. In 1931 the Jewish population was 2200. The Jewish cemetery dates from 18th century with the last known Hasidic burial in 1941. Chervonohrad Jews had been deported to the death camp in Belzec in September, 1942. The Jewish last name and rabbinical family Kristinopoler / Kristianpoller stem from the former name of the city - Krystynopol. Jewish immigrants to America from this city founded Krystenopoler Synagogue and First Krystenopoler Sick Benevolent Association Brith Isaac in New York. From Chervonohrad stem the Jewish descendants of Shlomo Turteltaub, who was born in Chervonohrad (then Krystynopol), circa 1900. This Jewish family branch is composed of two sub-branches: the Canadian and the Israeli. The Jewish cemetery is located in the town centre, at Shevs'ka Street.

External links

• An extensive history of Jewish Krystynopol
• History and pictures of Chervonograd
• Short history of Rome Catholic Church in Cherwonograd (Krystynopil)
• Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church in Chervonograd
• Chervonohrad Online
• Business of Chervonohrad

References

1. ^ http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-3730&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=505388423
2. ^ http://populstat.info/Europe/ukrainet.htm

Coordinates: 50°23′N 24°14′E / 50.383°N 24.233°E / 50.383; 24.233