Ananiv ( uk, Ананьїв, translit=Ananiv, ; russian: Ана́ньев; yi, אַנאַניעוו, Ananiev; ro, Ananiev) is a city of

Podilsk Raion Podilsk Raion ( uk, Подільський район; ro, Raionul Bârzula), known until 2015 as Kotovsk Raion ( uk, Котовський район), is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Pod ...

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. It stands on the Tyligul River. Population: The town belonged to

Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic * ro, Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! (Moldovan Cyrillic: ) * uk, Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! * russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! , title_leader = First Secr ...

from 1924 to 1940.

Jewish history

Tombstone at the jewish mass grave site at ananyiev

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settled in Ananiv since the 19th century. In 1820, the Jewish community in town owned a synagogue and a cemetery, which no longer exists, though the new cemetery from the 20th century can be visited. The Surnames on the gravestones are still visible and documented online. Photos of the town Jews from the beginning of the 20th century are also visible online. In April 1887, a mob attacked and destroyed 175 Jewish homes and 14 shops. In 1897, 50% of the town population was Jewish. During 1919, two

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in town resulted in more than 40 dead Jews. Under Romanian occupation, more than 330 of the town Jews were killed by

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10b. In October 1941, 300 out of the 445 left town. Jews were murdered in nearby Mostove, and the rest a month later in Gvozdiovka. One of these two mass graves is signed in Ukrainian and open to public. In 1990, 30 Jews lived in Ananiv.

Notable people

* Petro Nishchynskyi - Ukrainian composer * Alexei Barbăneagră *

Mykola Vilinsky Mykola Mykolayovych Vilinsky ( uk, Микола Миколайович Вілінський; 14 May 18889 September 1956) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer who held senior chairs at the Odesa Conservatory and later the Kyiv Conservatory. He ...

* Bishop Hermogen

References

Cities in Odesa Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine Ananyevsky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Ukraine Cities in Podilsk Raion {{Odessa-geo-stub