Naraiv, also Narayiv, Narajiv ( uk, Нараїв; pl, Narajów; yi, נאראיעוו, Narayev; he, נאראיוב, Narayuv) is a selo in

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 ...

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 ...

, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Naraiv rural hromada, 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. Naraiv is within

Eastern Galicia Eastern Galicia ( uk, Східна Галичина, Skhidna Galychyna, pl, Galicja Wschodnia, german: Ostgalizien) is a geographical region in Western Ukraine (present day oblasts of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil), having also essential h ...

, former

Austrian empire The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, ...

(until 1918). In the past it was a town. The first historical mention dates to 1445. Naraiv is situated along the small river of Naraivka, a tributary of

Zolota Lypa Zolota Lypa ( uk, Золота Липа, pl, Złota Lipa) is a river in Western Ukraine. It flows through the Ternopil and Chortkiv Raions, forming the Berezhany Lake north of the city of Berezhany. It is a left tributary of Dniester, belonging t ...

in a picturesque natural surrounding of vast

beech Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, ''Engleriana'' and ''Fagus''. The ''Engle ...

and

hornbeam Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the flowering plant genus ''Carpinus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The 30–40 species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Origin of names The common English name ''hornbeam' ...

forests and fertile rolling hills (western part of

Podolian Upland The Podolian Upland (Podolian Plateau) or Podillia Upland ( uk, подільська височина, ''podilska vysochyna'') is a Upland (geology), highland area in southwestern Ukraine, on the left (northeast) bank of the Dniester, Dniester Ri ...

, ethno-geographic area of Galician Opillya). Until 18 July 2020, Naraiv belonged to

Berezhany Raion Berezhany Raion ( uk, Бережанський район) was a raion (district) in the westernmost corner of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, area traditionally known as Halychyna (''Galicia''). The administrative center was the c ...

. 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 Berezhany Raion was merged into Ternopil Raion. Naraiv was the largest rural locality (of 1,799 people) in the raion. Naraiv lies on the road between

Berezhany Berezhany ( uk, Бережани, ; pl, Brzeżany; yi, ברעזשאַן, Brezhan; he, בּז'יז'אני/בּז'ז'ני ''Bzhezhani''/''Bzhizhani'') is a city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It lies about fr ...

and Peremyshlyany, right in the middle between the two cities, and consists of 2 parts - Naraiv Misto (Naraiv the town) and Naraiv Selo (Naraiv the village).

Population

Currently Naraiv has 1.799 inhabitants, mostly Galician

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority ...

. In the year 1900, "Naraiv Town" had 2851 inhabitants. Among those were: 1451 Ukrainians/Ruthenians (Greek Catholics), 458 Poles (Roman Catholic faith), 928 Jews and 14 others. In 1939, "Naraiv Town´s" population numbered already 3910 inhabitants. Among them 1980 Ukrainians (Greek-Catholics), 520

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

(Roman Catholic faith), 330 Roman Catholics (Ukrainians/Poles), 30 Polish colonizers newcomers and 780 Jews. In 1900 "Naraiv Selo" had 1139 inhabitants. Among them: 856 Ukrainians, 205 Poles and 78 Jews and some decades later in 1939 it grew to 1740 inhabitants. Among them: 1160 Ukrainians, 25 Poles, 330

Roman Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

(Ukrainians/Poles), 200 Polish colonizers newcomers and 25 Jews.

Jewish and Polish communities

Prior to the war there was a Jewish community in Naraiv of 805

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

(in 1939), the most of whom were annihilated during the

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

. Some survivors immigrated in Israel. Around 1945, most of the local Poles (775) had been deported to western Poland. The

First Narayever Congregation First Narayever Congregation is a traditional-egalitarian synagogue located at 187 Brunswick Avenue, in the Harbord Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest Judaism, Jewish congregation in downtown Toronto. It ...

, a Jewish synagogue in downtown

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, was founded in 1914 by Jewish immigrants from Naraiv in the early 20th century.

Holocaust in Naraiv

In the autumn of 1942, the day after

Yom Kippur Yom Kippur (; he, יוֹם כִּפּוּר, , , ) is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. It occurs annually on the 10th of Tishrei, the first month of the Hebrew calendar. Primarily centered on atonement and repentance, the day's ...

holiday, the brutal German soldiers arrived from

gathering all the Naraiv Jews who were not able to find a hideout and took them by trucks to

. From there to the Belzec Death Camp in Belzec,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. After about a month and a half, the Naraiv was declared "Judenfrei".

Communications

There are daily bus connections between Naraiv and Berezhany, as well as between Naraiv and

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 ...

. Direct daily buses for Naraiv leave from the secondary bus terminal at the end of Lychakivska Street in Lviv or the daily bus route (twice a day) for

(which stops at Naraiv) from the main city terminal in

. Postal code for Naraiv is 47513. The closest international airports to Naraiv, in the order of proximity, are: *

Lviv International Airport Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport ( ua, Міжнародний аеропорт "Львів" імені Данила Галицького) is an international airport in Lviv, Ukraine. The airport is second largest and busiest airpor ...

, in

(LWO), 65,8 km away *

Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport (Ukrainian Міжнародний аеропорт Івано-Франківськ) is an airport in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, some 4.4 km (2.7 mi) by road from the town center. Overview Ivano-Fra ...

, in

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

(IFO), 72,4 km away *

Chernivtsi International Airport Chernivtsi Leonid Kadeniuk International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Чернівці» імені Леоніда Каденюка) is an airport in the city of Chernivtsi in western Ukraine. History Early history ...

, in

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...

(CWC), 161,4 km away * Rzeszów International Airport, in Rzeszow (RZE),

, 207,2 km. away

Nearby locations

The direct line distances between Naraiv and nearby locations. Road distances might be slightly longer. * Rohachyn - 7,8 km. * Kuriany - 11,3 km. * Urman - 13,7 km. *

- 15 km., district center * Pomoriany - 16 km. *

Rohatyn Rohatyn ( uk, Рогатин, pl, Rohatyn) is a city located on the Hnyla Lypa River in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Rohatyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Pop ...

- 17 km. *

Peremyshliany Peremyshliany ( uk, Перемишляни, pl, Przemyślany, yi, פּרעמישליאַן) is a town in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Peremyshliany urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Pop ...

- 21,5 km. * Svirzh - 27 km. *

Kozova Kozova (Ukrainian: Козова; Polish: ''Kozowa''; Russian: Козо́ва) is an urban-type settlement in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, in the area historically known as Galicia, east of Berezhany, some west ...

- 29 km. *

Zolochiv Zolochiv, ( ua, Золочів) may refer to the following places in Ukraine: * Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, city in Lviv Oblast * Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast, urban-type settlement in Ukraine {{set index, populated places in Ukraine ...

- 31 km. *

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

- 59 km., regional center *

- 63 km., the biggest city in the entire region *

- 68 km., second biggest city in the region

Places of interest in the area

Univ Lavra University College (in full The College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford, colloquially referred to as "Univ") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It has a claim to being the oldest college of the univer ...

(24 km) - the major

Ukrainian Greek-Catholic , native_name_lang = uk , caption_background = , image = StGeorgeCathedral Lviv.JPG , imagewidth = , type = Particular church ( sui iuris) , alt = , caption = St. George's ...

monastery (of

Studite brethren The Ukrainian Studites ( la, Monachi e Regula Studitarum; uk, Монахи Студитського Уставу, Monakhy Studytskoho Ustavu, Monks of the Studite Rule; abbreviated MSU) are a monastic order of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ...

) in the area in the village of Univ near Peremyshlyany. *

Berezhany Castle Berezhany Castle ( uk, Бережанський замок, Berezhans'kyi zamok, pl, Zamek w Brzeżanach), around which the modern town of Berezhany has sprung up, was built on an island in the Zolota Lypa River in the 1530s and 1540s by Mikołaj ...

(15 km) - built between the 1530s and 1540s by

Mikołaj Sieniawski Mikołaj Sieniawski (c. 1489 – 1569) was a notable Polish magnate, military commander and a prominent politician of his times. He built stone Brzeżany Castle round which the modern town of Berezhany has developed. He is not to be confused ...

as the main residence of the Sieniawski magnate family. *

Svirzh Castle Svirz Castle ( uk, Свірзький замок, Svirz'kyi zamok, pl, Zamek w Świrzu) is a fortified aristocratic residence in Svirzh, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was originally built by the Świrski noble family in the 15th century. Inside the c ...

(27 km) - a fortified aristocratic residence in Svirzh, surrounded on all sides by moats, lakes, and marshes.

People

* Levko Riznyk, Ukrainian writer, *

Moyshe Nadir Yitzchak Rayz (1885, Narayiv – 1943, Woodstock), better known by his pen name Moyshe Nadir (Yiddish: משה נאדיר ; also transliterated "Moishe") was an American Yiddish language writer and satirist. Rayz was born in the town of Narayiv, in ...

, Jewish

Yiddish language Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

writer *

Jackie Kahane Jackie Kahane (1921-2001) was a stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Kahane was born on 29 September 1921 in '' Narajow'', Galicia, which is in present day Ukraine. He was most notable for working with Elvis Presley from 1972 until his death ...

, Canadian-American comedian

References

External links

Informational website about Narayiv

Official data about the village

Narayev, Ukraine

Narayiv entry in the Geographical Dictionary of the Polish Kingdom

Weather in Narayiv

Narayiv synagogue "The First Narayever Congregation" in Toronto, founded by Narayiv Jews

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