Berdychiv, Ukraine

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Berdychiv, Ukraine is a historic city in central Ukraine known for its rich Jewish heritage, significant role in regional trade, and association with figures like writer Honoré de Balzac and composer Frédéric Chopin.

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Berdychiv, Ukraine canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
administrativeCenterOf Berdychiv Raion
areaCode +380-4143
associatedWithPerson Ewelina Hańska
Frédéric Chopin
Honoré de Balzac
connectedByRailTo Koziatyn
Shepetivka
Zhytomyr
coordinateLatitude 49.895
coordinateLongitude 28.600
country Ukraine
eventLocation wedding of Honoré de Balzac and Ewelina Hańska
firstMentioned 1546
foundedInCentury 15th century
grantedMagdeburgRights 1630s
hadLargeJewishPopulation 19th century
hasLandmark Choral Synagogue ruins
Jewish cemetery
Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites
linked to: Carmelite monastery

Sanctuary of the Mother of God of Berdychiv
St Barbara Church
hasPopulation ~73,000
historicalEconomy banking and credit
grain trade
textile trade
historicalRegion Right-bank Ukraine
Volhynia
JewishCommunityDecimated World War II
knownFor Balzac–Hanska marriage
Carmelite monastery
Jewish heritage
regional trade
religious pilgrimage
locatedIn Zhytomyr Oblast NERFINISHED
central Ukraine
locatedOnRiver Hnylopiat River NERFINISHED
majorReligionHistorical Eastern Orthodoxy
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
nickname Jerusalem of Volhynia
partOfState Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Ukraine

independent Ukraine
postalCodeRange 13300–13309
railwayJunction yes
sufferedEvent Holocaust
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
weddingHeldAt St Barbara Church

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Der Nister placeOfBirth Berdychiv
linked to: Berdychiv, Ukraine