Romaniv ( uk, Романів; formerly Dzerzhynsk, uk, Дзержинськ) 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 ...

Zhytomyr Raion Zhytomyr Raion ( uk, Житомирський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Zhytomyr. The raion covers an area of . Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the adm ...

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...

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 ...

. Prior to the 2020 administrative reform, it was the administrative center of the former

Romaniv Raion Romaniv Raion ( uk, Романівський район), formerly ''Dzerzhynsk Raion,'' was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Romaniv. The raion covered an area of . The raion was ab ...

. Population:

History

Within the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

, Romaniv was part of the

Novograd-Volynsky Uyezd Novograd-Volynsky Uyezd (''Новоград-Волынский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was No ...

of the Volhynian Governorate.

History of the Jews of Romaniv

References

Urban-type settlements in Zhytomyr Raion Novograd-Volynsky Uyezd Zhytomyr Raion {{Zhytomyr-geo-stub