Illintsi

Illintsi (Ukrainian: Іллінці, Polish: Ilińce) is a town in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Illintsi Raion, one of the raions (districts) of the oblast. Population: 11,374 (2015 est.)[1]

Illintsi

Іллінці
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Illintsi
Illintsi
Coordinates: 49°06′20″N 29°12′32″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast
RaionIllintsi Raion
Founded1391
Area
 • Total10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total 11,374[1]
Postal code
22700
Area code(s)+380 4345

Not far from the town is the Ilyinets crater.

History
Historical affiliations

Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1391–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1672
 Ottoman Empire 1672–1699
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1699–1793
 Russian Empire 1793–1917
Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1920
Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922
 Soviet Union 1922–1991
 Ukraine 1991–present

In 1757, Ilińce was granted Magdeburg rights by King Augustus III of Poland. It was a private town of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, located in the Bracław Voivodeship and owned by the Sanguszko family.

Before World War II, the majority of the population was Jewish. Germans entered the town on July 1941 and kept the Jews as prisoners in a ghetto soon after.[2] On November 1941, 43 Jews are murdered by Ukrainian policemen. On April 24, 1942, around 1,000 Jews from the town and nearby villages are assassinated in a mass execution. 700 others were murdered at the end of May 1942. At the end of 1942, remaining Jews were deported in a labor camp and the ghetto destroyed in December 1942.[3]

Twin towns

Illintsi is twinned with:

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Illintsi/history.html
  3. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=74


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