Budaniv ( uk, Буданів, pl, Budzanów) is a village in
Chortkiv Raion
Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...
,
Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...
World War II
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The settlement was founded in 1549 on the banks of the
Seret River
The Seret (Ukrainian: Серéт) is the left tributary of the Dniester that flows through the Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine. It is long and its basin area is .Polish nobleman ,
wojski
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of
Halicz
Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the ...
and was granted
town rights
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by Polish King
Sigismund II Augustus
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. The town was named ''Budzanów'' after its founder. Mountainous terrain of the region always attracted new settlers and about 1550 a wooden castle was built up on the peak of one of the hills. The castle was rebuilt in the beginning of 17th century. The castle was ruined by the Turks in 1675 during the Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676. In 1765 Maria Potocka, a Polish countess, founded a Catholic church on the castle's ruins. In the First Partition of Poland, in 1772, the town was annexed by
Austria
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. The Jews made up around 40% of the total population.
In the
interbellum
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, Budzanów formed part of restored independent Poland. Following the joint German-Soviet
invasion of Poland
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, which started
World War II
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in September 1939, the settlement was
occupied
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by the
Soviet Union
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until 1941, and afterwards by Germany. In November 1942, under German occupation, the Jews of Budzanów were deported to the
Belzec extermination camp
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. In 1944, the settlement was re-occupied by the Soviets, and eventually annexed from Poland.
Until 18 July 2020, Budaniv belonged to Terebovlia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Terebovlia Raion was merged into
Ternopil Raion
Ternopil Raion ( uk, Тернопільський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the n ...
, however, Budaniv was transferred to Chortkiv Raion.
Lee Strasberg
Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg; November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American theatre director, actor and acting teacher. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931 ...
(1901–1982), theatre director, actor and acting teacher