Zabolotiv
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Zabolotiv is a town in the Sniatynskyi Raion
Sniatynskyi Raion
The Sniatyn Raion is a raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. Sniatyn is the administrative center of the raion....

 of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. As is the case with most other oblasts of Ukraine this region has the same name as its administrative center – which was renamed by the Soviets after the Ukrainian writer, nationalist...

 in Western 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...

. The population is 4,129 (2001).

History

Starting from 1790, there was growing Jewish community which had managed to become important part of local life. Later on, there was anti-Semitic unrest in the beginning of 20th century, with first pogrom
Pogrom
A pogrom is a form of violent riot, a mob attack directed against a minority group, and characterized by killings and destruction of their homes and properties, businesses, and religious centres...

in Zabolotiv in 1903. Another turn of history was coming German Nazis which exterminated one part of Jewish population and expelled the other one into the flee to USA and Israel.

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