Chortkiv
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Chortkiv Чортків |
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View of Chortkiv and the surrounding Podolian landscape.
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 Chortkiv
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| Coordinates: 49°00′27″N 25°47′26″E / 49.00750°N 25.79056°ECoordinates: 49°00′27″N 25°47′26″E / 49.00750°N 25.79056°E | |||
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 Ukraine
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 Ternopil Oblast
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| Magdeburg rights | 1533 | ||
| City status | 1939 | ||
| Government | |||
| • City Mayor | Volodymyr Shmatko | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 218 m (715 ft) | ||
| Population (2001) | |||
| • Total | 28,855 | ||
| • Density | 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 48500—48509 | ||
| Area code | +380 3552 | ||
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ | ||
Chortkiv (Ukrainian: Чортків; Polish: Czortków; Yiddish: טשאָרטקאָוו Chortkov) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Chortkiv is located in the northern part of the historic region of Galician Podolia on the banks of the Seret River. Its population was 28,855 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Due to heavy destruction of Ternopil, in 1944 Chortkiv served as a regional seat.
In the past Chortkiv was the home of many Hasidic Jews; it was a notable shtetl and had a significant number of Jews residing there prior to the Holocaust. Today, Chortkiv is a regional commercial and small-scale manufacturing center. Among its architectural monuments is a fortress built in the 16th and 17th centuries as well as historic wooden churches of the 17th and 18th centuries.
The first historical mention of Chortkiv dates to 1522, when Polish King Sigismund I the Old granted an ownership order for Jerzy Czortkowski over the town and allowed him to name it after himself—Czortków. During that time, the town was also granted Magdeburg rights. However, Chortkiv would later decline in the second half of the 17th century during Ottoman Expansion of central Europe the town was taken over by Ottoman Empire, whose rule lasted 27 years. It was part of the short-lived Turkish Podolia Eyalet, which lasted from 1672 to 1699.
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