Stara Syniava
{{Short description|Rural locality in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = {{nowrap|Stara Syniava}}
| native_name = Стара Синява
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = Rural settlement
| image_skyline = Смт. Стара Синява вул. Грушевського, 61.jpg
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| image_flag =
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| image_shield = Stara syniava gerb.png
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| pushpin_map = Ukraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast#Ukraine
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| coordinates = {{coord|49|35|45|N|27|37|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Khmelnytskyi Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = Khmelnytskyi Raion
| established_title = Magdeburg law
| established_date = 1543
| established_title1 = Town status
| established_date1 = 1956
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Town Chief
| leader_name = Vitali Zdebsky
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 0.014
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Stara Syniava (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Stara Syniava Raion)|url=http://weather.in.ua/en/hmel'nickaja/24892|work=weather.in.ua|accessdate=10 January 2013}}
| elevation_m = 294
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = {{increase}} 5084
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 31400
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = +380 3850
| website = [http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=26.07.2008&rf7571=36817 http://rada.gov.ua/]
| footnotes =
| timezone1 = EET
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Stara Syniava settlement hromada
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Stara Syniava ({{langx|uk|Стара Синява}}) is a rural settlement in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine.{{cite web|title=Stara Syniava, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Stara Syniava Raion|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=26.07.2008&rf7571=36817|work=Regions of Ukraine and their Structure|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|accessdate=10 January 2013|language=Ukrainian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072323/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=26.07.2008&rf7571=36817|archivedate=4 March 2016}} It hosts the administration of Stara Syniava settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Старосинявская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/starosynjavska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}} The settlement's population was 5,961 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|5,084|.}}
The settlement, previously named Syniava, received the Magdeburg rights in 1543.{{cite web|title=Stara Syniava|url=http://castles.com.ua/sieniawa.html|work=Cities and Monuments of Ukraine|accessdate=10 January 2013|language=Ukrainian}} In 1956, the town received the status of an urban-type settlement.
History
Until 18 July 2020, Stara Syniava was the administrative center of Stara Syniava 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 Stara Syniava Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi 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 |date=17 July 2020 |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}
Until 26 January 2024, Stara Syniava was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Stara Syniava became a rural settlement.{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |lang=ru| date=1 January 2024}}
=Jewish Population=
Stara Syniava had a large Jewish population for nearly 300 years, having been given the status of shtetl. In 1897, the town had 2279 Jews. During World War II, many Jewish residents were able to flee temporarily to Siberia and Uzbekistan, escaping extermination by the advancing German Army and Hitler's SS. Many who remained behind were rounded up by the invaders and killed evidenced by a mass grave of Jews found in Stara Sinyava.https://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/armenia/stara-sinyava-staraya-sinyava-alt-sinyove-sieniawa-stara-stara-syniawa-sinyava-staraya-stara-syniava-stara-synjava-sinyava-khmelnytsky-oblast.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} After the war some Jews returned to Stara Syniava and resumed living there. In the late 1970s Stara Syniava's Jewish population began emigrating from the USSR, largely to the U.S, Canada, and Israel. Today there are almost no Jews in the town.{{Cite web|url=http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-1054983|title=Technical Problem Form}}
References
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Category:Rural settlements in Khmelnytskyi Raion
Category:Populated places established in 1543