Tlumach

Name in Ukrainian: 
Tlumach [Тлумач]
Name in Polish: 
Tłumacz
Name in Yiddish: 
טאלמיטש (Tolmitsh)
Historical-cultural region: 
Eastern Galicia
Administrative History: 

 

Years State Province District
Till 1772 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland

Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie)

 
1772-1914 "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) Tłumacz powiat
1914-1915 Under Russian occupation General-Government Galitsiia Tłumacz uezd
1915-1918 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy   

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien)

Tłumacz powiat
1918 - May 1919 West-Ukrainian People's Republic    
May 1919 - September 1939 Republic of Poland Stanislawów wojewódstwo Tłumacz powiat
September 1939 - June 1941 USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Stanislav oblast' Tlumach raion
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' Tlumach raion
Since 1991 Republic of Ukraine Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' Tlumach raion

 

Population Data: 
Year Total Jews Percentage of Jews
1765  805  372 46.2%
1880  4,054  1,756  43.3%
1890  4,713  2,014  42.7%
1900  5,446  2,077  38.1%
1910  5,719  2,082  36.4%
1921  5,788  2,012  34.7%
1931  5,946  2,134  35.8%
1971   5,100    
2001   8,800    
2006   8,632    

Photographs see at the Gallery section.
 

Tlumach is a town on the Tlumachek river, 27 km from Ivano-Frankivsk. The motorway Ivano-Frankivsk - Horodenka passes through the city.