Makhnovka (Komsomolske Village)
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Makhnivka Махнівка | |
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  Makhnivka
Location within Ukraine
 Makhnivka
Makhnivka (Ukraine)
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| Coordinates: 49°43′N 28°40′E / 49.717°N 28.667°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Province | Vinnytsia Oblast |
| Raion | Koziatyn Raion |
| Founded | 1410 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.15 km2 (1.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 3,467 |
| • Density | 673.2/km2 (1,744/sq mi) |
| Zip Code | 22133 |
Makhnivka (Ukrainian: Махнівка; Russian: Махновка; Yiddish: מאכניווקא - Makhnivka) is a village in the Koziatyn Raion of the Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine, located on the west bank of the Hnylopiat River. It was named Komsomolske (Russian: Комсомольское - Komsomolskoye) in 1935–2016. Prior to the establishment of the Soviet regime the place was considered to be a town.
Makhnivka is in central Ukraine, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-southeast of Berdychiv and 154 km (96 mi) southwest of Kyiv. It is located in forest steppe zone of the Dnieper Upland. The former town is near a wide spot in the Hnylopiat river, a tributary of Teteriv River where several small streams feed into it from both sides.
The original name of the town was Makhnovka (pronounced Makhnivka in Ukrainian). During the Soviet period in 1935–2016 it was named Komsomolskoye (Komsomolske in Ukrainian), honoring the Lenin's Communist League of Young People Komsomol. Voted by the village council in 2001, the original name was finally restored in 2016.
There are at least four other populated places with the same name in Ukraine.
The first mention of the village is in the beginning of 15th century when progenitor of the Tyszkiewicz family received it from the Grand Duke of Lithuania Svidrigailo.
The first mention of Jews in Makhnivka came in 1648, in an account from the Cossack-Polish War (1648–57), when Chmielnicki's Cossacks attacked the local fortress and murdered a number of Poles and Jews. Over 100 years later, in 1765, six Jews are recorded in Makhnivka.
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