Yampil, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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Yampil (Ukrainian: Ямпіль; Russian: Ямполь; Yiddish: יאמפאלא) is a town in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast, in the Volyn region of western Ukraine. It is located 25 miles SE of Kremenets.
[edit] Jewish community
The Jewish community of Yampil dates back to the 15th century, and maybe much earlier than that. Its most distinguished rabbi was Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, the Noda Bihuda. Yampil wa also the seat of a number of distinguished hasidic leaders.[1]
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Administrative divisions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Bilohirskyi | Chemerovetskyi | Derazhnianskyi | Dunaievetskyi | Horodotskyi | Iziaslavskyi | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi | Krasylivskyi | Letychivskyi | Novoushytskyi | Polonskyi | Shepetivskyi | Slavutskyi | Starokostiantynivskyi | Starosyniavskyi | Teofipolskyi | Vinkovetskyi | Volochyskyi | Yarmolynetskyi |
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Cities: Derazhnia | Dunaivtsi | Horodok | Iziaslav | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi | Krasyliv | Netishyn | Polonne | Shepetivka | Slavuta | Starokostiantyniv | Volochysk |
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Urban-type settlements: Antoniny | Bazaliya | Bilohirya | Chemerivtsi | Chornyi Ostriv | Hrytsiv | Letychiv | Lozove | Medzhybizh | Narkevychi | Nova Ushytsya | Poninka | Sataniv | Smotrych | Stara Syniava | Stara Ushytsya | Teofipol | Vinkivtsi | Viytivtsi | Vovkovyntsi | Yampil | Yarmolyntsi | Zakupne | more... |
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Villages: Kupyn | Kholodets | Kupel | Kutkivtsi | Pyliava | more... |
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