Rzhyshchiv
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Rzhyshchiv Ржищів |
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House of Culture in Rzhyshchiv
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 Rzhyshchiv
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| Coordinates: 49°57′40″N 31°02′37″E / 49.96111°N 31.04361°ECoordinates: 49°57′40″N 31°02′37″E / 49.96111°N 31.04361°E | |||
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 Ukraine
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| Oblast | Kiev Oblast | ||
| Founded | 1151 | ||
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| • Total | 35.6 km2 (13.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 7,532 | ||
| • Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 4573 | ||
| Website | www |
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Rzhyshchiv (Ukrainian: Ржищів, Russian: Ржищев, Yiddish: אירזיסטשוב, Polish: Rzyszczów, known also by several alternative names in Yiddish) is a city in Kiev Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. Population: 7,532 (2013 est.).
In Yiddish, formerly a primary language of the city, the name has been recorded in different forms throughout its history including אורזיזטשוב, רזיזטשוב, אורזיזטשיב, רזיזטשיב, אורזישטשב , רזישטשב , אורזיסטשוב, רזיסטשוב, אירזיסטשיב, רזיסטשיב, אורזישטשיב , רזישטשיב , אירזישטשיב , רעזישטשיב , רזישטשעב, אירזיזטשיב. In english it has been recorded as Rzhyshchiv, Rzhishchev, Rezhishchev, Rezhyschiv, Rzysciv, Orzistchov, Irzyszczów.
According to archival sources, a Jewish community appeared in Rzhyschiv at the end of the 18th century. From 1802 onwards, the town was the centre of a Hasidic dynasty. According to the census of 1847, Rzhyschiv’s Jewish community numbered 1,543 people. By 1852 there was a synagogue in Rzhyshchiv. The Jewish area of the town was located behind the market. In his description of Kiev Guberniya, historian L. Pokhilevich writes: “At the beginning of the 20th century, Rzhyschiv occupied a prominent place among the trade centres of Kiev Guberniya, trading particularly in grain sent along the Dnieper River to Lithuania.” In 1858, a large beet-sugar factory owned by Berdichev banker Halperin was built in Rzhyschiv. According to the census of 1897, Rzhyshchev’s population numbered 11,629 inhabitants, of which 6,008 were Jewish. In 1910, there is evidence of a Jewish school in the town. Rzhyschiv’s Jewish community was not only large but also rich, as confirmed by the list of Kiev Oblast’s Jewish merchants and manufacturers compiled by Kiev City Duma in 1907. It features 150 surnames belonging to inhabitants of Rzhyschiv, 47 of which owned real estate to the value of 1,000 roubles and more, including the Lishchinsky family (brothers Herman Yoskovich and Mendel Yoskovich, Mendel Gershko’s son) that owned real estate amounting to 8,200 roubles; Podraysky Vigdor Nisonov (real estate valued at 5,000 roubles); the Polissky manufacturing family (Gersh Aron Avrum Polissky’s real estate was valued at 4,200 roubles); Skidelsky El Duvid Yankelev (4,000 roubles); and manufacturer Movsha Leybovich Gohbarg (2,700 roubles).
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