Hnivan

Hnívan’ (Ukrainian: Гні́вань, Russian: Гнивань) is a town in Tyvriv Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 12,570 (2015 est.)[1]

Hnivan

Гні́вань

Gnivan
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St. Joseph Cathedral in Hnivan
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Hnivan
Hnivan
Coordinates: 49°5′28″N 28°20′55″E
Country Ukraine
OblastVinnytsia Oblast
RaionTyvriv Raion
Population
 (2015)
 • Total12,570[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

There were 360 Jews living in the city before World War II, 11% of the total population. The city was under German occupation from 1941 to 1944.

Shortly after the start of the occupation, a group of Jewish men of Hnivan was shot in a military field. The rest of the Jews living in Hnivan were registered and forced to perform various kinds of hard labor. In the summer of 1942, about 90 Jews were murdered together with the Jews from neighbor villages in the same place. Today, the place of the shooting is on the grounds of a military base.[2]

  • Railway station
  • Rail bridge in Hnivan
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gollark: Also, that's a very different question to whether the religions the churches are about are actually true, which is probably more relevant.
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References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. http://yahadmap.org/#village/gnivan-vinnytsia-ukraine.73
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