Halich
Years | State | Province | District |
Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland | Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) | Halich Land (Ziemia halicka) |
1772-1867 | "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
Stanislau Gebiet |
1867-1914 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Stanislawów powiat |
1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | Stanislav uezd |
1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Stanislawów powiat |
1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
May 1919 - September 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Stanislawow 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 | |
1944-91 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast'; since 1962 renamed Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' | Halych raion |
Since 1991 | Republic of Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' | Halych raion |
Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
1765 | - | 258 | - |
1870s | 3,033 | 839 | 27.6% |
1880 | 3,464 | 1,048 | 30.2% |
1890 | 3,887 | 1,238 | 31.8% |
1900 | 4,850 | 1,568 | 32.3% |
1921 | 3,442 | 582 | 16.9% |
1931 | ? | 878 | |
2008 | c.a. 6,406 |
Halich is a town on the Dniester river, 26 km north of Ivano-Frankivsk. In the 12th-14th centuries, Halich was the capital of the Halich and Halich-Volynian Principality. When Austria annexed this part of the Polish Kingdom in 1772, the new name of the region - Galicia - was derived from the name Halich.
Now it is a small town on the Dniester River, on the road from Lviv to Ivano-Frankivsk.
Since the 13th century, there was a Karaite community in Halich. The Karaites lived on the Karaite Street and had their cemetery in the suburb Zalukva, on the high bank of the Dniester. This cemetery is relatively well preserved.
While Karaite kenessa was destroyed in 1985 (for pictures see http://www.bagnowka.com/index.php?m=cm&g=zoom&img=3418&gal=21), two synagogues are still standing, as well as the remnants of the Jewish cemeteries.
Photographs of Halich with its Jewish and Karaite cemeteries made by Dr. Vladimir Levin in August 2009 see the Gallery section.
Items relevant to the community
Title | Type of item | Years |
---|---|---|
Messing Juda | Люди | 1868 до 1941 |
Mina Kleinfeld/Gimpel, | Люди | 1929 |
Herman Tischler | Люди | 1881 до 1942 |
Cypra Lilien | Люди | до 1939 |
Matylda | Люди | 1930 |
Jakob Blanstein | Люди | 1904 до 1942 |
Yaakov | Люди | |
Pesia Tischler | Люди | до 1941 |
Zlata Weissman | Люди | 1890 до 1942 |
Abraham Itas | Люди | до 1941 |