Chudniv
{{short description|City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine}}
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| native_name = Чуднів
| settlement_type = City
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| image_caption = Teteriv River in Chudniv
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| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Zhytomyr Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = Zhytomyr Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Chudniv urban hromada
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| population_as_of = 2022
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| population_total = 5357
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| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
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Chudniv ({{langx|uk|Чуднів}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈtʃud⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iu̯|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Чуднів.wav}}; {{langx|pl|Cudnów}}; {{langx|yi|טשודנאוו}}; {{langx|ru|Чуднов}}) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Chudniv Raion. Located in the northwestern part of the Dnieper Upland, above the Teteriv River (Dnieper basin). Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|5,357|.}}
History
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{{flagicon image|Alex K Grundwald flags 1410-03.svg}} Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1471–1569
{{flagicon image|Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg}} Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
{{flag|Russian Empire}} 1793–1917
{{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic}} 1917-1918
{{flagicon image|Flag of Ukraine.svg}} Ukrainian State 1918
{{flagicon image|Flag of Ukraine.svg}} Directory of Ukraine 1918-1919
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1929).svg}} Soviet Ukraine 1920-1922
{{flag|Soviet Union}} 1922–1991
{{flag|Nazi Germany}} 1941–1944 (occupation)
{{flag|Ukraine}} 1991–present
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A significant battle of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) was fought near the town in 1660, followed by a treaty between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks, named after the city. In 1866 Polish Romantic-era novelist Henryk Rzewuski died in Chudniv. The Jewish population was important in the town. During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and kept the Jews imprisoned in a ghetto. In 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of German policemen.{{cite web |title=המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם |url=http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=847 |access-date=2016-05-25}}{{Cite web |title=Історична довідка |url=https://chudniv-miskrada.gov.ua/istorichna-dovidka-09-05-24-19-09-2023/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Чуднівська міська рада Житомирська область |language=uk}}
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Symvolika hromady
The coat of arms of Chudniv was approved on January 22, 1796. A silver fortress on an azure background, from which a hand in gold armor, armed with a sword, emerges. {{Cite web |title=Символіка громади {{!}} Чуднівська міська рада Житомирська область |url=https://chudniv-miskrada.gov.ua/simvolika-mista-16-53-42-02-07-2020/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=chudniv-miskrada.gov.ua |language=uk}}
Chudniv Flag The modern appearance of the Chudniv flag was approved on October 14, 2009 by the decision of the Chudniv Village Council. The flag of the city of Chudniv is a red rectangular banner with an aspect ratio of 2:3 with a two-color yellow-blue stripe located in the center of the banner. On top of everything in the central part of the banner there is a silver (white) equal-sized cross with diverging ends, measuring 1/2 of the length of the banner. In the center of the cross, on top of everything there is the coat of arms of the city of Chudniv. The top of the flag is a yellow metal peak. The flagpole is dark brown. A white cross of equal size with diverging ends on a red field is the ancient historical coat of arms of Volyn.
Notable people
- Alter Chudnover, AKA Yehiel Goyzman (1846–1912), virtuoso klezmer violinist;
- Menachem Ribalow – newspaper editor;
- Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman – early 20th century klezmer bandleader in New York City.
Gallery
File:Н Орда Костьол Чуднів.JPG|Chudniv by Napoleon Orda
File:Чуднівський костел.jpg|The Catholic church today
File:Різдво-Богородицька церква Чуднів.jpg|Nativity Church in Chudniv
References
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Category:Cities in Zhytomyr Oblast