Zhvanets
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Zhvanets ( ) is a village (a selo) in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zhvanets rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The village's population was 1,529 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census. Formerly a town, Zhvanets is known for its historical castle and remains of fortifications.
Zhvanets ( ) is a village (a selo) in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zhvanets rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The village's population was 1,529 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census. Formerly a town, Zhvanets is known for its historical castle and remains of fortifications.
Geography
The village lies at the confluence of Zhvanchyk river with the Dniester.
Notable people
Corinne Chochem (19051-1990), Jewish American choreographer, born in Zhvanets Dov Karmi (1905–1962), architect in British Mandate Palestine and Israel, born in Zhvanets Jacob "the Sharp" Halpern (1698-1738), rabbi of Zhvanets and author of many unprinted books. Despite scholastic fame and an 1893 public appeal, his manuscripts (including Beit Yaakov and Megillat Yuhasin) languished in the Odessa home of Joseph Israel Halpern (1840-1928) and have since been lost. Formerly rabbi of Pomoriany, whence he composed a responsum in 1721. His father Tobiah Jehiel Michel Halpern had been rabbi of Belz. His wife was Fradl and his sons included Zeev Halpern and Solomon Isaac Halpern, rabbi of Ternopil.
See also
Siege of Zhvanets
References
Zhvanets in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993) Zhvanets fortified settlement in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993) Zhvanets Zhvanets village council
Bibliography
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