Ananiv

The town belonged to Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1924 to 1940.

Until 18 July 2020, Ananiv was the administrative center of Ananiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Ananiv Raion was merged into Podilsk Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}

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Jews settled in Ananiv since the 19th century. In 1820, the Jewish community in town owned a synagogue and a cemetery,{{Cite web|url=https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ananyiv/Ananiev/Cemetery_Introduction.html|title=The Cemetery|website=kehilalinks.jewishgen.org}} which no longer exists, though the new cemetery from the 20th century can be visited.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ananyev|title=Ananyev|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}} The Surnames on the gravestones are still visible and documented online.{{cite web|url=http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ananyiv/Ananiev/Surname_Lists.html |title=Upper Cemetery Surnames Collected on May 1, 2005 by Alex Dunai and Andrea Massion |access-date=2014-01-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202181731/http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ananyiv/Ananiev/Surname_Lists.html |archive-date=2014-02-02 }} Photos of the town Jews from the beginning of the 20th century are also visible online.{{Cite web|url=https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ananyiv/Ananiev/Ananiev_Faces.html|title=Ananiev Faces|website=kehilalinks.jewishgen.org}} In April 1887, a mob attacked and destroyed 175 Jewish homes and 14 shops.

In 1897, 50% of the town population was Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1472-ananyev|title=ANANYEV - JewishEncyclopedia.com|website=jewishencyclopedia.com}} During 1919, two pogroms in town resulted in more than 40 dead Jews. Under Romanian occupation, more than 330 of the town Jews were killed by Einsatzgruppen 10b.{{cite web | url=http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=87 | title=המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם }} In October 1941, 300 out of the 445 left town. Jews were murdered in nearby Mostove, and the rest a month later in Gvozdiovka. One of these two mass graves is signed{{Cite web|url=https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ananyiv/Ananiev/Ananiev_Photo_Album.html|title=Ananiev Photo Album|website=kehilalinks.jewishgen.org}} in Ukrainian and open to public.{{cite web |url=http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/ukraine/ananyev.html |title=ANANYEV: Kherson {{!}} ukraine - International Jewish Cemetery Project |website=www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226180242/http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/ukraine/ananyev.html |archive-date=2014-02-26}} In 1990, 30 Jews lived in Ananiv.

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Ananiv had a population of 9,355 inhabitants. Ethnic Ukrainians account for almost 90% of the population, 7% declared an ethnic Russian background, and a bit less than 4% of the population referred to themselves as Moldovans. The exact distribution of the population by ethnicity was:{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities| title=Національний склад міст за переписом 2001 року}}

{{bar box|title=Ethnic composition of Ananiv|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|87.63}}

{{bar percent|Russians|purple|7.32}}

{{bar percent|Moldovans|pink|3.57}}

{{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.32}}

{{bar percent|Bulgarians|turquoise|0.30}}

{{bar percent|Armenians|brown|0.19}}

{{bar percent|Ashkenazi Jews|black|0.13}}

{{bar percent|Gagauz|lightgreen|0.11}}}}

• Mykola Vilinsky

File: Ananjiw Panorama.jpg|Panorama of Ananiv

File:County hospital (2), Ananiv.jpg|County hospital in Ananiv

File:Пам’ятник П.І. Ніщинському в місті Ананьїв.JPG|Monument of Nishchynskyi in the city of Ananiv

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Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine

Category:Ananyevsky Uyezd

Category:Holocaust locations in Ukraine

Category:Cities in Podilsk Raion

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