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[Hannia]

Administration:

Quote from one of your bloggers:

There are many smaller villages and towns that are in close proximity to Sokal. One of these villages does not exist anymore, namely Uhryniv. It was a peaceful community during the 18th and 19th centuries until the year 1947. Because this part of the Sokal region was occupied by the Polish, it also fell victim to the program for the resettlement of Jewish communities. Most of the villagers fled, leaving behind their beloved village, which was renamed to Dibrivka. Border negotiations between Ukraine and Poland led to the region being transferred to Ukraine, and the name change of the village. For all intent and purposes, the village and its inhabitants no longer existed. Recently, this village was remembered, by the display of rare ornaments, Easter Eggs, ceramics and other artifacts put on exhibit in New York

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UHRYNIV STILL EXISTS TODAY - ZIP CODE IS 80012 !!! The filial Jewish Kahal for Uhryniv was in Waryazh. There is no such place as Dibrowka. There is a hamlet named Dibrova w/population of 600+ and it is a part of the Dombroshiv village cluster.

FROM LATE 18TH CENTURY TO 1919 THERE WAS NO SUCH GEOPOLITICAL ENTITY AS POLAND. WHAT IS WESTERN UKRAINE BELONGED TO THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE AND TO THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. WHAT IS GALICIAN UKRAINE TODAY WAS UNDER RECONSTITUTED POLISH DOMAIN FROM 1919-1938.

THERE WERE NO BORDER NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND POLAND. Both countries were under Soviet domain and it was Moscow that called all the shots. That also included resettlement of the Ukrainian minority in Poland to SSR Ukraine and Polish minority in Ukraine to Poland. By 1947 the Jewish minority in this area had been
mostly wiped out by the Nazis.

MOST OF ABOVE IS A FIGMENT OF YOUR WRITER'S IMAGINATION. What happened to the historical facts?

Additionally, FYI Ukrainian is the official language of Ukraine, yet you continue to transliterate place names from Russian. This is an insult to the Ukrainian natives that visit this site. Whoever is doing your editorial & production work is basically ignorant of what is Ukraine and Ukrainian.

[IreneLviv]

Hello Hannia
I wrote to them several times - pointing out their factual and other mistakes - but received no reply
Even their text about Kyiv contains so many mistakes!

[begbie]

Hi Hannia/ Irene

I drove by Uhrynow, a few weeks ago, but did not go in to visit,as it was pouring rain, (and I was heading to Wojslawice) Uhrynow, has always existed, if anything it became a sort of administrative centre after the war, and to this day,still exists in that role, I believe.

But as a I recall, and correct me if I am wrong, from my research, the Jewish population in Uhrynow was very small, if any at all.

To the Administrator

Surely you should do some proper factual research and make corrections ASAP.

If you fail to do anything, than my suspicions as to who controls the content, and for your agenda.........will prove to me, and possibly others, that this is indeed true.

History is not opinion,,,,,,,,,but factual events.

Please make the changes,,,to reflect history,,not opinion,,,, and any others that may be brought to your attention. re : the innaccuracies in Ukraine.com

Bob

PS I am curious, where did your researcher come up with this info about Uhrynow? Could you supply the site address.?

[Hannia]

Bob,

Uhryniv's Jewish population was too small to maintain its own Kahal, therefore the need for the filial
Kahal in Waryazh. With the exception of the shtetls in places like Sokal and Lwow and other county
& district seats, most of these rural villages had maybe a handful of Jewish families.

[Hannia]

Bob,

Uhryniv's Jewish population was too small to maintain its own Kahal, therefore the need for the filial
Kahal in Waryazh. With the exception of the shtetls in places like Sokal and Lwow and other county
& district seats, most of these rural villages had maybe a handful of Jewish families residing there.

I am curious, where did your researcher come up with this info about Uhrynow? Could you supply the site address.?

The researcher simply made it up as he/she went.

[admin]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We do make efforts to ensure that all content is correct and a variety of sources are consulted when pages are written. However, unfortunately inaccuracies do creep in and we are happy to correct these when they are brought to our attention.

As regards the names of cities in Ukraine: we've had situations where people complain about the spelling, then we change it, then other people complain about the spelling. However, we will take a careful look into your concerns and make adjustments where necessary.

Please feel free to contact us via PM or using the Contact Form (http://www.ukraine.com/corporate/contact/) should you discover any further discrepancies.

[IreneLviv]

What are they talking about??
To reach Lviv High Castle, one would have to climb over 300 rusty old steps on a winding metal staircase. This means it requires some effort to visit the actual castle. The climb includes a walk on a narrow path which winds its way around the steep hill and takes you to the top of High Castle Lviv's highest point. So don’t forget to put your best walking shoes on.

Bob, you are just back from Lviv - have you visited 'the actual castle' ?