Broznitsky or Broznitzky

[JohnPeter]

My grandfather Kiril Broznitzky (Karl Broznitsky) came to Canada in 1912.

Various documents exist that describe his place of origin.
I think the village was Drahanovha or Drahnowha or Drahanovoha or or Drahandoka or Drhanduha or Drahanovky.
The district was Lianchorum or Lianskorum.
The gubernia was Kamenets-Podolsky (I know this is the name of the major city of Podolia).

Can anybody provide a more precise spelling of his village and how close it was to the city of Kamenets?

His religion was given as Greek-Orthodox; this means he was Ukrainian and not Russian, correct?

I have looked at the Ellis Island site and not found him, so I think he landed in Montreal. His cousin with the same name (but spelled differently) went on to Ontario. Any news about this would also be great.

[Hannia]

(appx) turn of the century Draganovka (Russian name)> Kamenets Podolskij Uezd(Polish)& Volost(Russian)/District>
PODOLIA Guberniya/Region> Czarist Russia.

TODAY:

selo/village Drahanivka (coordinates 48.52 - 26.24) > Chemerovitskij Raion/District >
Khmelnitska Oblast/Region> Ukraine (abbr UA)

Drahanivka is 15.8 miles NNW of Kamenets Podilskij.
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Consider writing Village Administrator and inquiring re any surviving relative still residing in the village. Using Ukrainian is ideal. Address format below:

Holovi Silskoji Rady
selo Drahanivka
Chemerovitskij Raion
Khmelnitska Oblast
UA 31653

[Hannia]

<The district was Lianchorum or Lianskorum>
I do not think that above is correct.
I suspect the filial Orthodox Church was in Lanckorun/Lantskorun/Lyantskorun, because Draganovka was too small to have its own church. Today Lyantskorun is called Zarechanka. Zarechanka is 2.4 miles NNW of your ancestral village.

I did a quick look thru LDS to see if there were any church records available for above, but only a handful of villages from Kamanets Podolskij District were filmed.

[JohnPeter]

Hannia, thank you for your efforts.

Can you indicate how the name Broznitsky or Broznitzky would be written in Ukrainian and/or Russian?

I know how to turn on the Cyrillic encoding

[Hannia]

аПНГМХРЯЙХИ

And yes, based on his religion, he was Ukrainian.