Sudylkiv(Ukrainian:Судилків) is a village inShepetivka RaioninKhmelnytskyi OblastinUkraine.It hosts the administration ofSudylkiv rural hromada,one of thehromadasof Ukraine.[1]
Sudylkiv
Судилків Sudyłków | |
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 Sudylkiv village council | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Sudylkiv Location in Ukraine  Sudylkiv Sudylkiv (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates:50°09′59″N27°07′53″E/ 50.16639°N 27.13139°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| Raion | Shepetivskyi Raion |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
| Postal code | 30430 |
| Area code | +380 3840 |
| KOATUU | 6825588501 |
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History
editThe 1897 census reveals that out of a total population of 5,551 there were 2,712 Jews.[2] On August 20, 1941, the 45th reserve police battalion killed 471 Jews in a nearby forest.[3] Today, the formerly important Jewish community is nonexistent due to theHolocaustand emigration.
Notable people
edit- Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov,prominent rabbi from the town
- Rebecca Spielberg,US film directorSteven Spielberg's grandmother[4][5]
- From 1865 to 1872,Ignacy Jan Paderewski,aPolishpianistandcomposerwho became a spokesman for Polish independence, spent his childhood in Sudylkiv. In 1919, he was the new nation'sPrime Ministerand foreign minister, during which he signed theTreaty of Versailles,which endedWorld War I.[6]
- Maurice Schwartz,astageandfilmactoractive in the United States. He founded theYiddish Art Theatreand its associatedschoolinNew York Cityand was its theatricalproduceranddirector.He also worked inHollywood,mostly as an actor in silent films but also as a film director, producer, and screenwriter.
References
edit- ^"Судилковская громада"(in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^"Sudilkov: Jewish History".
- ^"Sudilkov".6 May 2015.
- ^"Spielberg, Arnold".Rutgers Oral History Archives.12 May 2006.Retrieved2 February2019.
- ^"A close encounter with Steven Spielberg's dad".Jewish Journal.13 June 2012.Retrieved2 February2019.
- ^Carol R. Ember; Melvin Ember; Ian Skoggard (2005).Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World.Springer. p. 260.ISBN0306483211.