Bíbrka ( uk, Бі́брка; pl, Bóbrka; yi, בוברקא, Bubrka) is a city in western
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, located in
Lviv Raion
Lviv Raion ( uk, Львівський район) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished ...
of
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...
(
region
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) about 29 km southeast of
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
on
H09. It hosts the administration of
Bibrka urban hromada
Bíbrka ( uk, Бі́брка; pl, Bóbrka; yi, בוברקא, Bubrka) is a city in western Ukraine, located in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast (region) about 29 km southeast of Lviv on H09. It hosts the administration of Bibrka urban hromada, o ...
, one of the
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine.
The population is approximately .
The town has been ruled at various points by the
Kingdom of Poland
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Historical political entities
*Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031
*Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exist ...
,
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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, the
Austrian Empire
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, the
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...
, the
Russian Empire
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, Poland, the
Soviet Union
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, and is now part of the
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...
in Ukraine; as a result Bibrka has several official and native names, including: Bóbrka (
Polish
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* Polish language
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* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
/
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
), Prachnik (
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
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**Ger ...
), and Boiberik/Boyberke (
Yiddish
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). The city has a population of 3,980.
Bibrka was the site of a Soviet prison and detention centre that detained
Poles
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and others in the mid-20th century.
History
From the first
partition
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of Poland in 1772 until 1918, the town was part of the
Austrian monarchy
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(Austria side after the
compromise of 1867
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), head of the ''BOBRKA'' district, one of the 78 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaften'' in
Austrian Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...
province (Crown land) in 1900. The fate of this province was then disputed between Poland and Russia, until the
Peace of Riga
The Peace of Riga, also known as the Treaty of Riga ( pl, Traktat Ryski), was signed in Riga on 18 March 1921, among Poland, Soviet Russia (acting also on behalf of Soviet Belarus) and Soviet Ukraine. The treaty ended the Polish–Soviet War.
...
in 1921. In the middle of 1941, approximately 2,000 Jews lived in Birbrka. The Germans commenced their occupation of the town during World War II on June 30, 1941. In 1942, the Germans created a ghetto for the remaining 1,500 - 1,900 Jews who had not been deported to the Bełzec extermination camp. Approximately 300 Jews died in the ghetto due to disease and illness. The ghetto was liquidated on April 13, 1943, during which over 1,300 Jews were killed on a site in the nearby village of
Volove
Volove () is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Bibrka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Volove has 325 inhabitants.
History
Volove was first mentioned in 1445.
In April 1943, the ghetto of the nearby v ...
.
The region was annexed by the
Soviet Union
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in 1945.
Until 18 July 2020, Bibrka belonged to
Peremyshliany Raion
Peremyshliany Raion ( uk, Перемишлянський район) was a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Peremyshliany. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative refo ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Peremyshliany Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.
Gallery
File:Бібрка .Церква Богоявлення Господнього.JPG, Epiphany Church in Bibrka
File:Бібрка Костел Св.Миколи.jpg, St. Nicholas Church
File:Bibrka by Mykola Swarnyk.jpg, A street in Bibrka
File:Парк у м. Бібрка ХІХ ст. Стан травень 2013 р. 2.JPG, City park
References
External links
Bóbrka(Bibrka) in the
Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland
The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries ( pl, Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich) is a monumental Polish gazetteer, published 1880–1902 in Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl ...
(1880)
JewishGen ShtetLinks, Bóbrka by Bev Shulster Retrieved 25 May 2006
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