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  Podolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The region of Podolia (also spelt Podilia or Podillya) is a historical region in the west-central and south-west portions of present-day Ukraine, corresponding to Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Vinnytsia Oblast.
Podolia is known for its cherries, mulberries, melons, gourds, and cucumbers.
Podolia was briefly occupied in 1920 by Soviets during the course of the Polish-Soviet War.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Podolia   (1031 words)

  
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PODOLIA, a government of south-western Russia, having Volhynia on the N.; Kiev and Kherson on the E. and S., Bessarabia on the S.W., and Galicia (Austria) on the W., from which it is separated by the Zbrucz, or Rodvocha, a tributary of the Dniester.
Podolia is famous for its cherries and] mulberries, its melons, gourds and cucumbers.
Podolia is traversed by a railway which runs parallel to the Dniester, from Lemberg to Odessa, and has two branch lines, to Kiev (from Zhmerinka) and to Poltava (from Balta).
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=53371   (745 words)

  
 Ukraine SIG - PODOLIA GUBERNIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The economic position filled by the Jews in the 17th century in Podolia was primarily that of a middle class between the Polish landowning nobles and the Ukrainian landless peasants.
Podolia was evacuated by the Germans and Austro-Hungarians, leaving a vacuum insofar as governmental authority was concerned.
In Podolia alone, 213 pogroms are recorded, the vast majority of them having been committed by supporters of one or another of the various Ukrainian nationalist movements that were operating at the time in the region.
www.jewishgen.org /Ukraine/Podolia/Podolia_Gubernia.htm   (3894 words)

  
 Podolia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The region of Podolia lies in the west-central and south-west portions of present-day Ukraine.
In November 1918 Western Podolia was included into West UkrainianRepublic returned to Polish control in 1919, confirmed in Polish- Ukrainian Peoples Republic agreement in April 1920, briefly occupied by Soviets in course of the Polish-bolshevik war (1920),after the Peace of Riga the Polish control was recognized by RussianRepublic and USSR.
Podolia was occupied by Nazi Germany 1941 - 1944, in 1945, thearea fell far to east of the Curzon line, and was incorporated into theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
www.therfcc.org /podolia-97924.html   (647 words)

  
 Podolia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The region of Podolia lies in the west-central and south-west of present-day Ukraine.
In November 1918 Western Podolia was included into West Republic returned to Polish control in 1919 confirmed in Polish-Ukrainian Peoples Republic agreement April 1920 briefly occupied by Soviets in course of the Polish-bolshevik war (1920) after the Peace of Riga the Polish control was recognized by Republic and USSR.
Podolia was occupied by Nazi Germany 1941 - 1944 in 1945 the area fell far to east the Curzon line and was incorporated into the Ukrainian Socialist Republic.
www.freeglossary.com /Podolia   (651 words)

  
 PODOLIA - LoveToKnow Article on PODOLIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The soil is almost throughout fl earth, and Podolia is one of the most fertile governments of Russia.
In the 13th century the Ponizie was plundered by the Mongols; a hundred years afterwards Olgierd, prince of Lithuania, freed it from their rule, annexing it to his own territories under the name of Podolia, a word which has the same meaning as Ponizie.
The Poles retained Podolia until the third division of their country in 1793, when it was taken by Russia.
69.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PODOLIA.htm   (727 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Podolia
Podolia[pOdO´lyu] Pronunciation Key, region, SW Ukraine, separated in the south from Moldova by the Dniester and in the west from W Galicia by the Southern Buh.
A fertile hilly plain drained by the Dniester and the Southern Buh, Podolia is one of the richest and most densely populated agricultural regions of Ukraine.
W Podolia was annexed to Poland in 1430; the eastern section was part of Lithuania until the latter's union with Poland in 1569.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Podolia   (4039 words)

  
 Jacob Frank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The spread of mysticism was favored by the distressing social-economic condition of the Jews in Podolia and Galicia during the first half of the eighteenth century, when Poland was falling into decay, and the Haidamak movements destroyed security of person and property in many Jewish centers.
In 1755 he appeared in Podolia, and, gathering about him a group of local sectarians, began to preach to them the revelations which were communicated to him by the successors of the alleged messiah in Salonica.
At the rabbinical court held in the village of Satanov many of the sectarians confessed to having broken the fundamental laws of morality; and women confessed to having violated their marriage vows, and told of the sexual looseness which reigned in the sect under the guise of mystical symbolism.
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 Podolia - InformationBlast
After the death (1430) of the Lithuanian prince Vytautas the Great (Vitovt), Podolia became part of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom, with the exception of its eastern part, the province of Bratslav, which remained under Lithuania until its union (1569) with Poland.
In November 1918 Western Podolia was included into West Ukrainian Republic returned to Polish control in 1919, confirmed in Polish-Ukrainian Peoples Republic agreement in April 1920, briefly occupied by Soviets in course of the Polish-bolshevik war (1920), after the Peace of Riga the Polish control was recognized by Russian Republic and USSR.
Podolia was occupied by Nazi Germany 1941-1944, in 1945, the area fell far to east of the Curzon line, and was incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
www.informationblast.com /Podolia.html   (669 words)

  
 Podolia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Podolia has a reputation for its cherries and mulberries, EHandler: no quick summary.
The second polish republic is an unofficial name applied to the republic of poland between world war i and world war ii....
Podolia was occupied by Nazi Germany 1941-1944, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/podolia.htm   (2396 words)

  
 Vorfahren der Butschals- Territorien und Herkunft
In the case of Podolia, where research of Polish scholars until the third decade of this century was almost nonexistent, and where the ancient history Russian territories was extended as far west as their political interests warranted, the selection of events, information and source material herein is well justified.
The unilateral interpretation of Podolia's ancient past by the Russians and favoring their own rendition, often lacks objectivity, especially where there are conflicting opinions which reflect a restricted comprehension of the issues.
Their presence in Podolia is evidenced by the "kurgan" graves, inherent to their culture, found in various locations in the area.
www.butschal.de /herbbutschal/podolia.htm   (6173 words)

  
 Jacob Frank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In Poland, andparticularly in Podolia and Galicia, there were formed numerous secret societies of Shabbethaians known among the people as"Shabbethai Zezviists," or "Shebs" (according to the Western pronunciation of "Shabbethai").
In 1755 he appeared in Podolia, and, gatheringabout him a group of local sectarians, began to preach to them the revelations which were communicated to him by the successorsof the false messiah in Salonica.
As a foreigner, Frank was obliged to leave Podolia, while his followers were givenover to the rabbis and the local authorities (1756).
www.therfcc.org /jacob-frank-37944.html   (1691 words)

  
 Podolia - Wikipedia
La Podolia (in polacco: Podole, in ucraino: Podillya) รจ una regione posta nella zona centro-occidentale e sud-occidentale della attuale Ucraina corrispondente alle attuali Oblasto Khmelnytskyi e Oblasto Vinnytsia.
In Podolia domina la "terra nera" (cernozem) il che ne fa una zona agricola molto fertile.
La Podolia sotto il dominio russo nel 1906 contava una popolazione di 3.543.700 persone costituita principalmente da Ucraini.
it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Podolia   (570 words)

  
 PODOLIA - Online Information article about PODOLIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
earth," and Podolia is one of the most fertile governments of Russia.
Podolia is traversed by a railway which runs parallel to the Dniester, from See also:
Olgierd, prince of Lithuania, freed it from their rule, annexing it to his own territories under the name of Podolia, a word which has the same meaning as Ponizie.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PIG_POL/PODOLIA.html   (972 words)

  
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The Polyanians settled the area of present-day Kiev; Belorus by the Derewlans; Bessarabia and Moldavia by Uliches and Krywiczes; and Podolia witnessed the rise of the local Dulebians to political and military prominence.
Its Ruthenian version, "Rusyliw," represents nothing in either of the two languages, except for recognition of the name "Russ." This is further confirmation that the local population was Polish, and that the Ruthenians were nothing more than the powerful group that ruled the region on behalf of their princes.
Their arrivals in those places cannot be confined to a specific date, due to the lack of physical evidence, but there seems to be a consensus among historians that by the end of the 12th century, the Armenians were well-established in that region.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/w/x/wxk116/sjk/jazch4.html   (5162 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - COSSACKS' UPRISING:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
When Poland and Lithuania were merged by King Sigismund Augustus into one commonwealth (1569), the provinces of Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine were separated from Lithuania and came under the immediate rule of Poland.
One of the paragraphs of this treaty stipulated that all prisoners of war should belong to the Tatars, as also the right to sell them as slaves in Turkish markets; and that the property of the Polish nobility and Jews should be allotted to the Cossacks.
In this treaty there was a clause forbidding the Jews to live in the Ukraine: that is, in the waywodeship of Chernigov, Poltava, Kiev, and part of Podolia (Aug., 1649).
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=808&letter=C&search=kovel   (3495 words)

  
 GDP Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The objective of the project was to identify all shtetls in Podolia Gubernia that had at least 500 Jews sometime in the past.
To avoid trying to decide if and when a particular shtetl was in Podolia at one time but not another, the database uses the borders as they existed during the period 1882-1917 for calling a shtetl in Podolia.
Podolia was about 100 to 270 miles in a south-westerly direction (actually south to west) from Kiev.
www.jewishgen.org /ukraine/Podolia/gdp_database.htm   (1502 words)

  
 Podolia articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Podolia PODOLIA [Podolia], region, SW Ukraine, separated in the south from Moldova by the Dniester and in the west from W Galicia by the Southern Buh.
Bar, Confederation of BAR, CONFEDERATION OF [Bar, Confederation of] union formed in 1768 at Bar, in Podolia (now in W Ukraine), by a number of Polish nobles to oppose the interference of Catherine II of Russia in Polish affairs.
Born in Podolia of a noble family, he participated with his father in forming (1768) the Confederation of Bar to oppose Russian influence in Poland.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/37303.html   (295 words)

  
 Buczacki Jazlowiecki Family english   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Finally, under the king's rule, the old wooden structures which may have lain in ruin, were replaced with castles built of stone as a part of his fortification plan for Podolia and which later proved to be one of the most effective defense systems in the country.
Jakub Buczacki, nominated to the voivodship of Podolia in 1485, his son, Jan, who was a member of the king's delegation to Moscow which concluded a six year peace with the Czar; and another Jakub, who was the bishop of Plock.
The premise that he was the grandson of Michal, master of Jazlowiec, and the father of Jerzy, a famous name in Podolia's and Polish history and the timing itself, clearly indicate that he was the Commander Jan Jazlowiec to whom famous Polish poet, Jan Kochanowski, dedicated his epic "Proporzec".
www.butschal.com /herbbutschal/buczacki.htm   (6367 words)

  
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The opinions of the Supreme Court of Podolia seem to indicate that thi s follows from the limited powers granted to the legislature of the central government by the Podolian constitution.
Podolia has a trade agreement with its neighbor to the east, Southern \par Bukovina, according to which industrial exports from Podolia enjoy a 10% tariff preference above those of third countries; in return, certain agricultural products of Bukovina have the same edge in Podolia.
The criminal justice system of Podolia is still strongly punitive and turns out long, harsh prison sentences and still occasionally orders the execution of murderers, even those who were below the age o f eighteen when they committed the crime of which they were convicted.
www.law.harvard.edu /academics/registrar/exams_02-03/rtf/vagts1.rtf   (1020 words)

  
 Lutheran Records for Volhynia, Podolia and Kiev
Extractions from these microfilms for the three Volhynian parishes, Zhitimir, Rozyszcze, and Heimtal, and for Podolia, have been completed by volunteers and entered into a database.
The Volhynian extractions can be viewed directly at the Odessa3 site or through its search page or with the SGGEE search form for its version of the same database (first item on the Databases Page).
Podolia extractions are available in the Members Only area of this website.
www.sggee.org /church_parishes/LutheransInVolhyniaKievPodolia.html   (598 words)

  
 HURI Publications: Ottoman Documents
The survey register for the province of Kamanice (the name used for the region of Podolia and city of Kamjanec' which the Ottomans conquered in 1672) is the only surviving survey register of an ethnic Ukrainian territory.
With the publication of this survey, Podolia has the potential of becoming in several ways better known than any other region of Ukraine not only at that time.
The defter aids the study of the disciplines noted above and is an invaluable source for students of economic history, especially those interested in the rural economies of Eastern Europe.
www.huri.harvard.edu /cat.ottoman.html   (533 words)

  
 musey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In the mid 14th century, Podolia became dependent on the Lithuanian principality, and 200 years later it fell the power of the Polish nobility after the Treaty of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Maxim Krivonis, Danilo Nechai, Ivan Bohun in the war of liberation that Ukrainians waged against Poland in 1648-1654.
Podolia was among the areas that had been swept by a new revolutionary upheaval.
The residents of Podolia ught for Sowiet power under the red banners of the regiments of Nikolai Shchors,Grigory Kotovsky and the Red Cossacks of Vitaly Primakov.
www.edu.vn.ua /sch35/ENG.htm   (3000 words)

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