Slavuta

Slavuta (Ukrainian: Славута, Russian: Славу́та, Polish: Sławuta, Yiddish: סלאוויטא, romanized: Slavita) is a city in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. The city is located approximately 80 km from the oblast capital, Khmelnytskyi, at around 50°18′N 26°52′E. Slavuta hosts the administration of Slavuta urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 34,918 (2022 estimate).[2]

For the Romanian village of Slăvuţa, see Cruşeţ. For the Romanian river, see Slăvuța River.

Slavuta
Славута
Flag of Slavuta
Flag
Coat of arms of Slavuta
Coat of arms
Slavuta is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Slavuta
Slavuta
Location of Slavuta in Ukraine
Slavuta is located in Ukraine
Slavuta
Slavuta
Slavuta (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 26°52′06″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast
RaionShepetivka Raion
First mention dateXVII
City rights1633
Government
 • MayorVasyl B. Sydor
Area
 • Total20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total34,918
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
30000
Area code+380 3842
Websitehttp://www.slavuta-mvk.info/

History

Located in Volhynia, Slavuta was founded by a member of Zaslawski family in 1633.[3] As the family extinguished, all its possessions were transferred to Lubomirski family. Eventually the town was passed on to Marianna Lubomirska who married Pawel Sanguszko who turned the town into the family seat of the Sanguszko princes.

Between 1922 and 1939 it was on the Soviet border with Poland.

In 1791 the Szapira family set up a Hebrew printing press in Slavuta, which published an influential edition of the Talmud. Moshe Feldenkrais was born in Slavuta on May 6, 1904.[4]

Until 18 July 2020, Slavuta was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Slavuta Raion though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three, the city of Slavuta was merged into Shepetivka Raion.[5][6]

Jewish history

Slavuta has a rich Jewish history. The town had a prominent Jewish community since near its establishment in the 1600s. Town records show 246 Jewish families in 1765.[3]

The peak of the Jewish population of Slavuta is over 5100 in 1939, about 1/3 of the town's population. In the late 1890s the Jewish population of Slavuta was near 60% at 4900 people.

The Jewish community consisted of farmers, traders, storekeepers, and rabbinical teachers. Slavuta at one point had nearly 200 Jewish owned shops, largely due to Slavuta being established as a prominent trading town and Jewish center. Slavuta also had three established synagogues.[3]

Slavita Shas

A complete Talmud, known as The Slavita Shas[7] was published in 1817[8] by Rabbi Moshe Shapira,[9] "Av Bais Din and printer of Slavita."[8]: p.185  The Shapira Press was given a 25-year license to be the sole publishers of the Talmud in their region by a Jewish court.[10]

World War II and beyond

With WWII and the invasion of Nazis, the Jews of Slavuta had a fate similar as the Jews of hundreds of other villages near and far.[11] Many hundreds were able to flee to Tashkent and Siberia. But over 2000 Jews were killed in the Slavuta ghetto and concentration camp. All but one synagogue remained, and the mass grave of Jews killed was left in a field.

After WWII, the town still had a sizable Jewish community. The survivors of the ghetto and concentration camp, the Jews who fled to Siberia and Tashkent, as well as surviving Jews from surrounding villages that had been completely destroyed, came back and resettled. Synagogue papers, furniture, and scripts from the surrounding ravaged communities had been brought to the Slavuta synagogue. Slavuta also had many monuments established, dedicated to the Jews killed during WWII. Today, the Jewish population is nearly 700.[12]

Famous residents
  • Orthodox church in Slavuta
    Orthodox church in Slavuta
  • Church of St. Dorothy
    Church of St. Dorothy
  • Grave of Soviet soldiers
    Grave of Soviet soldiers
  • Church of Nativity of the Theotokos
    Church of Nativity of the Theotokos
  • People's school
    People's school
  • Sanguszko Palace
    Sanguszko Palace

See also

References
  1. "Славутская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. 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 July 4, 2022.
  3. "Slavuta". March 10, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2019. 1633 .. self-governing town rights. .. first synagogue, archive documents in 1731. In 1765 .. poll tax .. 246 Jews registered
  4. Feldenkrais.com Archived January 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). July 18, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  6. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  7. "A loan from the heart". Hamodia. February 12, 2015.
  8. Hanoch Teller (1985). Soul Survivors. New York City Publishing Company. pp. 185-203. ISBN 0-961-4772-0-2. .. a copy of the greatly valued Slavita Shas.
  9. "This Day In History 9 Kislev/December 9 - 5560/1839, Harav Moshe Shapira of Slavita, zy"a". Hamodia. December 9, 2016.
  10. Hoffman, Yair (December 22, 2016). "The Slavuta Shas". The Yeshiva World. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  11. "Memorials to the murdered Jews of Slavuta".
  12. "Slavuta". March 10, 2013.
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