Buchach
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Buchach (#redirect , Polish: Buczacz, Yiddish: בעטשאָטש, translit. Betshotsh, German: Butschatsch) is a small city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester River) in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Buchatsky Raion (district), and rests 135 km south east of Lviv, in the historic region of Galicia.
The current estimated population is around 12,500 (as of 2001).
History
The earliest recorded mention of Buchach is in 1397, almost fifty years after Galicia was conquered by Poland. It was during this time that the area experienced a large influx of Polish, Jewish and Armenian settlers. Buchach in particular became home to a large Jewish community, and is thus considered to be a shtetl.In 1772, Galicia was annexed by Austria as part of the First Partition of Poland. Buchach remained a part of Austria and its successor states until the end of the First World War in 1918. Buchach was briefly a part of the independent Western Ukrainian Republic before it was captured by the Republic of Poland in 1923. In World War II, Eastern Galicia, including Buchach, was annexed by the Soviet Union and incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR (see Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). In 1941, it was invaded by Nazi Germany; the town's Jewish community was almost completely obliterated during the Holocaust. The town was returned to the Soviet Union after the war, during which time its Polish community was ethnically cleansed. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Buchach became a part of newly independent Ukraine.
People
Twin towns
Nearby Towns
See also
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| Subdivisions of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Raions: |
Berezhansky Raion |
Borshchivsky Raion |
Buchatsky Raion |
Chortkivsky Raion |
Husiatynsky Raion |
Kozivsky Raion |
Kremenetsky Raion |
Lanovetsky Raion |
Monastyrysky Raion |
Pidhaietsky Raion |
Pidvolochysky Raion |
Shumsky Raion |
Terebovliansky Raion |
Ternopil City |
Ternopilsky Raion |
Zalishchytsky Raion |
Zbarazky Raion |
Zborivsky Raion
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| Cities: |
Berezhany |
Borshchiv |
Buchach |
Chortkiv |
Horostiv |
Kopychyntsi |
Kremenets |
Lanivtsi |
Monastyryska |
Pidhaitsi |
Pochayiv |
Shumsk |
Skalat |
Terebovlya |
Ternopil |
Zalishchyky |
Zbarazh |
Zboriv
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| Towns: |
Husiatyn |
Kozova |
Pidvolochysk
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| Villages: | Budaniv, Okopy | ||
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