Berezdiv

Berezdiv

Berezdiv ( _uk. Берездів; _pl. Berezdów) is a village in the Slavutskyi Raion (district) of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Population of Berezdiv is about 2,100 inhabitants. In Berezdiv is located small sugar factory, and brick-yard. There is also school, Eastern Orthodox Church, Shepetivka Museum branch, and three cemeteries: Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Jewish.

Geography

It is located by the river Siechanka. 32 km North-East from Slavuta. 18 km South from Korets.

Berezdiv, at 50°28′N, 28°06′E, is situated at altitude of 210m.

History

Until the second Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Berezdiv belonged to the Crown of Polish Kingdom. Berezdiv goods belonged to Ostrogski, Chodkiewicz, Lubomirski and Jablonowski duke families. In 1831 it had been confiscated by Russian Government.

At the end of the 19th century it was small town with a population of 590 people (306 of which were Jews). After World War II, Berezdiv had lost town privileges, and became a village.

In 1775 Berezdiv was founded by Braclav voivode Jan Jablonowski, wooden Blessed Virgin Mary Church. In 1992 it was destroyed by tractors, and ropes by local community.

Bibliography

*Geographic Dictionary of the Polish Kingdom and other Slavic Countries, 1881 r.

ee also

* [http://picasaweb.google.com/l.gubanski Journey to Berezdiv]
* [http://birchenmiracle.narod.ru/ Official site of English Circle in Berezdiv School]


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