Chudniv ( Ukrainian : Чуднів , Polish : Cudnów , Yiddish : טשודנאוו , Russian : Чуднов ) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion , Zhytomyr Oblast , Ukraine . Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Chudniv Raion . Population: 5,357 (2022 estimate).
2-575: [REDACTED] Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1471–1569 [REDACTED] Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793 [REDACTED] Russian Empire 1793–1917 [REDACTED] Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1918 [REDACTED] Ukrainian State 1918 [REDACTED] Directory of Ukraine 1918-1919 [REDACTED] Soviet Ukraine 1920-1922 [REDACTED] Soviet Union 1922–1991 [REDACTED] Nazi Germany 1941–1944 ( occupation ) [REDACTED] Ukraine 1991–present A significant battle of
4-894: The Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) was fought near the town in 1660, followed by a treaty between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks , named after the city. In 1866 Polish Romantic-era novelist Henryk Rzewuski died in Chudniv. The Jewish population was important in the town. During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and kept the Jews imprisoned in a ghetto . In 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Ukrainian policemen. This article about
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