Horodenka
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Horodenka (Ukrainian: Городенка, Russian: Городенка, Polish: Horodenka) is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Horodenkivsky Raion (district), and is located at around .
The current estimated population is around 9,800 (as of 2001).
During World War 2 the Jewish population of Horadenka, comprising about half of the town's population, were shot and killed in a mass grave by the Nazis. About a dozen Jews survived and formed a partisan combat unit which fought against the Nazis and the local Ukrainian bands and hid in the forests.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
- Horodenka in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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