Shpola
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Shpola (Ukrainian: Шпола) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Shpoliansky Raion (district), and is situated at around . As of 2004 the estimated population is 18,400.
History
In 1847, Shpola’s Jewish population numbered 1,156. By 1897, that number had grown to 5,388 of a total population of 11,933, or about 45%. This level held steady until the Second World War.In the 1800s Shpola was part of the Zvenigorod district in the Kiev region. With the overthrow of the Czarist regime Shpola became first a part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and then of the USSR.
During World War II, Nazi Germany invaded Ukraine, and the Jewish population of Shpola was destroyed in 1942. Today Jews make up around 0.5% of Shpola’s population.
Shpola may be best known as the birthplace of the Chairman of Ukrainian Parliament, Oleksandr Tkachenko. It was also the birthplace and home of Reb Aryeh Leib, a.k.a. the Shpoler Zeyde (1725–1812), a tzaddik.
References
- () (1972) Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.
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| Subdivisions of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Raions: |
Cherkasy City | Cherkasky Raion | Chornobaivsky Raion | Chyhyrynsky Raion | Drabivsky Raion | Horodyshchensky Raion | Kamiansky Raion | Kaniv City | Kanivsky Raion | Katerynopilsky Raion | Khrystynivsky Raion | Korsun-Shevchenkivsky Raion | Lysiansky Raion | Mankivsky Raion | Monastyryshchensky Raion | Shpoliansky Raion | Smila City | Smiliansky Raion |Talnivsky Raion | Uman City | Umansky Raion | Vatutine City | Zhashkivsky Raion | Zolotonosha City | Zolotonisky Raion | Zvenyhorodsky Raion
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| Cities: |
Cherkasy | Chyhyryn | Horodyshche | Kamianka | Kaniv | Khrystynivka | Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi | Monastyryshche | Shpola | Smila | Talne | Uman | Vatutine | Zhashkiv | Zolotonosha | Zvenyhorodka
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| Towns: |
Babanka | Buky | Chornobai | Drabiv | Irdyn | Katerynopil | Lysianka | Mankivka | Shramivka | Stebliv | Tsvitkove | Tsybuliv | Verkhniachka | Vilshana | Yerky
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| Villages: | Moryntsi | ||
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