Gorodok, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire

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Gorodok, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire was a small town in the historical Podolia region (now in western Ukraine) that was part of the Russian Empire and home to a significant Jewish community.

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instanceOf former settlement
historic town
administrativeDivisionOf Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire NERFINISHED
associatedWith Jewish life in Podolia
countryAfterImperialPeriod Ukrainian SSR NERFINISHED
countryDuringPeriod Russian Empire NERFINISHED
countryToday Ukraine NERFINISHED
ethnoReligiousComposition included a large Jewish population
existedDuring 19th century
early 20th century
governedBy authorities of the Russian Empire
hadSignificantCommunity Jewish community
historicalContext part of the Pale of Settlement area of the Russian Empire
historicalLanguageEnvironment Russian administrative language
Ukrainian-speaking population
Yiddish-speaking Jewish community
historicalSignificance example of a Jewish-populated town in Podolia under Russian rule
historicalStatus no longer an administrative unit of the Russian Empire
locatedIn Podolia NERFINISHED
Podolia Governorate NERFINISHED
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Ukraine NERFINISHED
western Ukraine
partOfHistoricalRegion Podolia NERFINISHED
regionType shtetl-like town in Podolia
religiousCommunities Eastern Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
wasTypeOfSettlement small town

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Clara Lemlich birthPlace Gorodok, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire