Dunaivtsi

The date of the first written mention in document about Dunaivtsi is 1403. This year is assumed to be the foundation date of the settlement. At the request of heiress Elżbieta Lanckorońska, King Sigismund III Vasa granted Magdeburg city rights, established weekly markets and two annual fairs.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II|year=1881|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=225}} In 1605, King Sigismund III Vasa granted the coat of arms and established two more annual fairs. It was a private town of various nobles, including the Stanisławski and Krasiński families, administratively located in the Podolian Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. The local Catholic parish church was built by the Koniecpolski family, and was the burial site of several members of the Krasiński family. Stanisław Potocki built a Capuchin church in 1751.

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After the Second Partition of Poland, in 1793–1917, it was a town in the Podolian Governorate of the Russian Empire. Industrial peak of the town was on the 1870s, when 54 factories were working and close trade relations were between Dunaivtsi and Kyiv, Warsaw, Chişinău, Kharkiv, Poltava, Kherson, Łódź, Yarmolyntsi{{source?|date=August 2019}}. Between 1917 and 1920, it was at various times under Ukrainian, Polish and Soviet control.

During World War II, the town was occupied by the Germans from July 1941 until last days of March 1944. During the occupation, the Germans carried out executions of the Jews. A witness interviewed by Yahad-In Unum described one of these executions, stating, "The Germans gathered 700 Jews of Demyankovtsy. They took them into the mine where the water rose until their knees. Afterwards, the entrance was exploded and Jews were suffocated inside."{{cite web|title=Yahad-In Unum Interactive Map|url=http://www.yahadmap.org/#village/dunaivtsi-khmelnytskyi-ukraine.65|website=Execution Sites of Jewish Victims Investigated by Yahad-In Unum|access-date=10 February 2015}}

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Dunaivtsi has had city status in its modern form since 1958.Дунаевцы // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.

Until 18 July 2020, Dunaivtsi was the administrative center of Dunaivtsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Dunaivtsi Raion was merged into Kamianets-Podilskyi 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=18 July 2020|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}}

The city is located almost in the geographic center of Dunaivtsi Raion on the Ternavka (a left tributary of the Dniester), 68 km away from the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast — the city Khmelnytskyi.

Geographical coordinates of the city are 48°53'22" (latitude) and 26°51'25" (longitude).

The total area of the city is 12.84 km² including 2.14 km² of the built-up area and 0.483 km² of the city's plantation. The total length of the streets, passages and embankments is 93.8 km.[http://www.dun.at.ua/index/0-2 Business Dunaivtsi (About the city)] {{in lang|uk}}

630 houses and about 3 thousand inhabitants were in Dunaivtsi in 1629. According to the census of 1909 the population of Dunaivtsi was 13 733 (8 966 Jews, 2 349 Eastern Orthodoxes, 1 266 Lutheran, 1 188 Catholic, 4 members of Armenian Apostolic Church). In [1911] more than 13 thousand people lived in Dunaivtsi, where 553 houses were in this year.[http://www.dunrada.org.ua/history.php History of the city] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304030846/http://www.dunrada.org.ua/history.php |date=4 March 2012 }} {{in lang|uk}}

According to the census of 1989, Dunaivtsi's population was 17 482, and according to the census of 2001, 16 448 inhabitants were in Dunaivtsi.[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-220&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x Ukrainian cities and the largest towns] {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

According to more recent data provided by Khmelnytskyi Oblast Rada in 2006 population of Dunaivtsi city was 16 223, in 2007 – 16 187, in 2008 – 16 094, in 2009 – 16 140.[http://www.oblrada.km.ua/map/dunmis.php Dunaivtsi city]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [http://www.oblrada.km.ua/map/dunmis.php Khmelnytskyi Oblast Rada (official website)]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|uk}}

On 1 January 2010 it reached the peak of its historical population, with 20 724 inhabitants.[http://www.da-ta.com.ua/guest_atricle/2375.htm Population of Khmelnytskyi Oblast] at {{URL|http://www.da-ta.com.ua/}} {{in lang|uk}}

In January 2013 the population was 16,219 people.{{Cite web |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |title=Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.104 |access-date=2019-08-07 |archive-date=2013-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013028/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}

See also :Category:People from Dunaivtsi

• Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish pianist and composer
• Nykyfor Hryhoriv, paramilitary leader
• Frantz Lender, Soviet weapons designer
• Gennady Semigin, Russian politician
• Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk, historian
• Wincenty Krasiński, Political activist and military leader
• Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet
• Mollie Steimer, Trade Unionist, Anti-war Activist and Free-Speech Campaigner

Supermarket "Vopak" was open in Dunaivtsi on 20 September 2007.[http://www.retai.net/articles/ukraine/5393/ New supermarket opens in Dunaivtsi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327214713/http://www.retai.net/articles/ukraine/5393/ |date=27 March 2012 }} {{in lang|ru}}

Dunaivtsi has two twin towns — Turek (Poland)[http://www.dunrada.org.ua/pobratim.php Twin town Turek] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324171032/http://www.dunrada.org.ua/pobratim.php |date=24 March 2010 }} at the [http://www.dunrada.org.ua/ official website of Dunaivtsi city government] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325002131/http://www.dunrada.org.ua/ |date=25 March 2010 }} {{in lang|uk}} and Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav (Czech Republic).[http://www.rda.dn.km.ua/new.html Delegation from Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav visited Dunaivtsi on Victory Day. official website of Dunaivtsi raion government] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304111143/http://www.rda.dn.km.ua/new.html |date=4 March 2012 }} {{in lang|uk}} Cooperation of Dunaivtsi with Turek was established in 2000, while with Czech city — on 10 May 2010.

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• [http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=13.09.2008&rf7571=35799 Registration form of city in the Ukrainian Parliament official website]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|uk}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100311064841/http://www.dun.org.ua/ Dunaivtsi website] {{in lang|uk}}

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