Peremyshliany
Encyclopedia
Peremyshliany is a town
in Lviv Oblast
(province
) of Ukraine
. It is administrative center of the Peremyshliany Raion
. Population is 7,565 (2001).
It had a Jewish population of 2,934 in 1900.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
(province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
) of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is administrative center of the Peremyshliany Raion
Peremyshliany Raion
Peremyshliany Raion is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Peremyshliany. It has a population of 47 763.It was established in 1939.-See also:* Subdivisions of Ukraine* Lviv Oblast...
. Population is 7,565 (2001).
It had a Jewish population of 2,934 in 1900.
Famous natives
- Naftule BrandweinNaftule BrandweinNaftule Brandwein, or Naftuli Brandwine, was a Jewish clarinetist and influential klezmer musician.- Early life :Brandwein was born in Przemyslany, Poland-Galicia , into a family of klezmer musicians, part of the Stretiner Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Yehuda Hirsch Brandwein of Stratin...
, klezmerKlezmerKlezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
musician - bl. Omelian KovchOmelyan KovchBlessed Оmelyan Kovch was a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest murdered in Majdanek concentration camp....
(1884–1944), Ukrainian priest and martyr murdered at the MajdanekMajdanekMajdanek was a German Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland, established during the German Nazi occupation of Poland. The camp operated from October 1, 1941 until July 22, 1944, when it was captured nearly intact by the advancing Soviet Red Army...
death camp. - Wilhelm ReichWilhelm ReichWilhelm Reich was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry...
(1897–1957), psychoanalyst and natural scientist was born in the village of DobrzanicaDobrzanicaDobrianychi, also written as Dobryanichi or Dobrjanici , German: Dobzau, Polish: Dobrzanica) is a village in Lviv Oblast near the town of Peremyshliany in Ukraine. Dobrianychi is formed from the village of Dobrianychi and the villages of Ploska and Tutschne .-External links:**...
(now Dobryanichi), in the Peremyshliany district. - Adam Daniel RotfeldAdam Daniel RotfeldAdam Daniel Rotfeld is a Polish researcher, diplomat, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 5 January 2005 until 31 October 2005 when a change of government took place. He served earlier as the deputy foreign minister...
Polish diplomat and Foreign Minister. - Baruch SteinbergBaruch SteinbergBaruch or Boruch Steinberg was a Polish rabbi and military officer. He was Chief Rabbi of the Polish Army during German invasion of Poland in 1939 and was murdered in the Katyn massacre by the Soviet Union in April 1940.-Biography:...
{1897-1940} Rabbi killed in Katyn Massacre