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Zboriv

Zboriv
Зборів
Polish: Zborów, Russian: Зборов
City hall
City hall
Flag of Zboriv
Official seal of Zboriv
Map
Interactive map of Zboriv
Zboriv is located in Ternopil Oblast
Zboriv
Zboriv
Location of Zboriv in Ukraine
Zboriv is located in Ukraine
Zboriv
Zboriv
Zboriv (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°40′N 25°09′E / 49.667°N 25.150°E / 49.667; 25.150
CountryImage Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionTernopil Raion
HromadaZboriv urban hromada
First mentioned1166
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
6,621
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Zboriv (Ukrainian: Зборів, IPA: [ˈzbɔr⁽ʲ⁾iu̯] ; Polish: Zborów; Yiddish: זבאָרעוו, romanizedZbarev; Russian: Зборов, romanizedZborov) is a small city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the historical region of Galicia. The local government is administered by Zboriv City Council.[1] Zboriv hosts the administration of Zboriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 6,621 (2022 estimate).[3]

Located 35 km (22 mi) northwest of Ternopil, and 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Lviv, the town lies on the Strypa River (Ukrainian: Cтpипа) in the western part of the historical region of Podolia.[4]

History

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Zboriv was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1166. In 1241, during the Mongol invasion of Europe, it was ransacked and destroyed. The city's present name comes from the noble Polish family of Zborowscy.[5] In 1639, Zboriv was granted city rights.[citation needed] Ten years later, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, it was the site of a battle between Polish troops and a Tatar-Cossack army. During the late 18th century a Baroque church was erected in the town.[4]

Under the Austrian rule Zboriv served as a district centre.[4] In 1913 it had about 6000 inhabitants, including 2400 Ukrainians, 1300 Poles and 2300 Jews. During World War I, in June 1917 the town's vicinity was the site of heavy fighting between the Czechoslovak legionnaires and the Austrian Army Battle. After the Polish-Ukrainian War of 1918-1919, Zboriv became part of Poland and was the seat of a powiat of the Tarnopol Voivodeship. In 1931 the town had a population of about 5,000 inhabitants.[4]

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Memorial of the Czechoslovak Legion in Battle of Zboriv, 1917
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A teenage boy views his murdered family shortly before his own death. Zboriv, Ukraine, 5 July 1941

In 1941, during World War II, Zboriv was the site of a mass murder conducted by Germans of the Einsatzgruppen, along with local Ukrainians. Information about the Jewish community destroyed during the Holocaust can be found in a Yizkor book Archived 2017-09-20 at the Wayback Machine published by Jews who fled Zborow and survived the Holocaust.

The town was completely destroyed in the summer of 1944 due to the Soviet offensive. Under Soviet rule (1944–1991), Zboriv was rebuilt and redeveloped. Construction plant and a small food processing factory were built in the 1960s.[citation needed] A significant part of the local budget relied on agriculture and governmental subsidies. The state farm in Zboriv was one of the best in the region. In the 1980s, the town became the object of serious governmental investments. Among these few new town improvements were built, like: cinema, agricultural market, new secondary school, waterbike lake station, football stadium, a city hall and a culture hall.[citation needed]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the local economy experienced a deep downturn. During the 1990s (until present time) as a result of economic decline many working-age people emigrated - mostly as a low-skilled labourers in Western Europe or Russia. Nowadays, in spite of the unfavorable conditions, the younger generation is less likely to quit and prefer to commute daily to work in the larger cities Ternopil and Lviv, which offer wider job opportunities.[citation needed]

Until 18 July 2020, Zboriv was the administrative center of Zboriv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Zboriv Raion was merged into Ternopil Raion.[6][7]

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Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zborivska city council
  2. ^ "Зборовская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 2. 1993. pp. 762–764.
  5. ^ Kucharski, Wojciech (2017). "Bitwa pod Zborowem 15–16 sierpnia 1649 r.". Studia z Dziejów Wojskowości (in Polish). 6: 74. ISSN 2299-3916.
  6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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49°40′N 25°09′E / 49.667°N 25.150°E / 49.667; 25.150