Nova Ushytsia ( uk, Нова Ушиця, yi, נײַ־אושיצע, russian: Новая Ушица) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion ( uk, Кам'янець-Подільський район, ) is one of the three administrative raions (a Raions of Ukraine, ''district'') of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its Administrative centre, administ ...
,
Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western
Ukraine
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.
It hosts the administration of
Nova Ushytsia settlement hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
The settlement's population was 4,557 as of the
2001 Ukrainian Census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. [ and
Until 18 July 2020, Nova Ushytsia was the administrative center of Nova Ushytsia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Nova Ushytsia Raion was merged into Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion.
The city is located in the historical region of ]Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...
.
Geography
Nova Ushytsia is located on the , a tributary of the Dniester
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
.[Novaya Ushitsa // The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. / ed. by A. M. Prokhorov. 3rd ed. volume 18. M., The Soviet Encyclopedia, 1974.] It is located 48 km from the Dunaivtsi
Dunaivtsi (, , pl, Dunajowce) is a city in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province), Ukraine. It is located on the river Ternavka, 22 km away from the railway station Dunaivtsi and 68 km from the Khmelnytskyi. Rein ...
railway station on the Yarmolyntsi
Yarmolyntsi ( uk, Ярмолинці; , ) is an urban-type settlement in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Yarmolyntsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The settlement's ...
-Larga line.
History
Ancient History
The area where Nova Ushytsia is located has been inhabited for thousands of years. An excavation of Kosykivtsi, a nearby village, found polished stone axes that were dated to the Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...
, around the 2nd Millenium, B.C.
Under Polish sovereignty
The settlement was founded in 1439 as Litnivtsi ( uk, Літнівці; pl, Letniowce) and was part of the Podolian Voivodeship
The Podolian Voivodeship, uk, Подільське воєводство or Palatinate of Podolia was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland, since 1434 until 1793, except for the period of Ottoman occup ...
of 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 exi ...
. The first mention of the city came in the form of the 1439 royal charter that granted the town, as well as to Polish-Lithuanian nobleman Petras Gedgaudas. for the price of 40 hyrvnias. Nobleman Stanisław Odrowąż was given rights to the land in the 16th century.
During the mid-17th century Khmelnitsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніцкага; russian: ...
, the town was often battleground or a border to it during battles between the Cossacks and the Polish Army.
From 1702–1703, Litnivtsi was granted the Magdeburg rights
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. It was a royal city
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* A member of a royal family
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of Poland under declaration of Augustus III
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. The city later fell under control of the Russian Empire in 1793 after the second partition of Poland
The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The second partition occurred in the aftermath of the Polish–Russian W ...
, and became part of the Podolia Governorate
The Podolia Governorate or Podillia Governorate (), set up after the Second Partition of Poland, was a governorate (''gubernia'', ''province'', or ''government'') of the Russian Empire from 1793 to 1917, of the Ukrainian People's Republic from 1 ...
, located inside of the Ushitsky uyezd Ushitsky Uyezd (''Ушицкий уезд'') was one of the uezds (uyezds or subdivisions) of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Nova Ushytsia (' ...
.
Under Russian sovereignty
Under Russian sovereignty, the city transferred to various governors throughout its early history, such as to Governor in 1808.
In 1829, Litnivtsi was renamed to "Nova Ushytsia" (New Ushytsia) to differentiate it with the town of Stara Ushytsia (Old Ushytsia). The city was considered an important location, as it was part of the postal route between Mohilev-Podolskiy to Husiatyn
Husiatyn ( uk, Гусятин; yi, הוסיאַטין, Husyatin) is an urban-type settlement in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Alternate spellings include Gusyatin, Husyatin, and Hsiatyn. It hosts the administratio ...
.
By 1896, Nova Ushytsia was a district down in Podolia and contained: five water milles, a candle and sugar factory, a yeast factory, a primary school for boys and girls, a hospital, pharmacy, printing press, Orthodox and Catholic Church, a synagogue, and three Jewish prayer houses. By that year, it had a population of 5,821, consisting of a Jewish majority (2,979), and a minority of Orthodox Christians (1,886), Catholics (783), Schismatics (115) , and Protestants (42).
In 1902, a parochial Parochial is an adjective which may refer to:
* Parishes, in religion
** Parish churches, also called parochial churches
* Parochial schools, primary or secondary schools affiliated to a religious organisation
* Parochialism
Parochialism is the ...
and secondary school were established in the community.
In 1924, the town was granted the status of an urban-type settlement after it became the Nova Ushytsia Raion's administrative center under the Ukraine USSR.
In 1930, the first machine tractor station was approved for the district, implementing a system of 20 tractors.
Nazis
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occupied Nova Ushytsia from July of 1941 to March of 1944. Jews were transported to ghettos
A ghetto, often called ''the'' ghetto, is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially as a result of political, social, legal, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished t ...
in September of 1941, and mass executions in the town took place in summer of the following year.
Demography
Climate
References
External links
The murder of the Jews of Nova Ushytsia
during World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, at Yad Vashem
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website.
Footage of drive through Nova Ushytsia - YouTube
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Urban-type settlements in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Populated places established in the 1430s
Podolia Voivodeship
Ushitsky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Ukraine