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Burshtyn
Name in English:
Burshtyn
Name in Ukrainian:
Burshtyn [Бурштин]
Name in Polish:
Bursztyn
Name in German:
Bursztyn
Name in Russian:
Burshtin [Бурштин]
Name in Hebrew:
בורשטין
Name in Yiddish:
Burshtin
Historical-cultural region:
Eastern Galicia - Prikarpattia
Coordinates:
49°16' N, 24°38' E
Administrative History:
| Years | State | Province | District |
| Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland | Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) | |
| 1772-1867 | "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | |
| 1867-1914 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Rohatyn powiat |
| 1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | |
| 1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Rohatyn powiat |
| 1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
| May 1919 - September 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Rohatyn 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 | |
| 1944-62 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast' | Burshtyn raion |
| 1962-91 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' | Halych raion |
| Since 1991 | Republic of Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' | Halych raion |
Population Data:
| Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
| 1765 | - | 582 | |
| 1813 | - | 413 | |
| 1880 | 3,953 | 2,017 | 51% |
| 1890 | 4,209 | 2,179 | 51.7% |
| 1900 | 4,438 | 2,005 | 45.1% |
| 1921 | 3,581 | 1,431 | 39.9% |
| 1931 | 1,802 | ||
| 2001 | 15,298 | 0 |
Click here to see photographs of the town, its two synagogues and the partially preserved cemetery.
Links:
Burshtyn in "Virtual Shtetel"
בורשטיין באתר המרכז למורשת יהדות פולין
External links:
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