Tlumach
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| Tlumach Тлумач |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
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| Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
| Raion | Tlumatskyi Raion | ||
| Population (2001) | |||
| - Total | 8,800 | ||
Tlumach (Ukrainian: Тлумач; also referred to as Tovmach, Polish: Tłumacz) is a small city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Tlumatsky Raion (district).
The current estimated population is around 8,800 (as of 2001).
[edit] History
The town come under Austrian control in 1772.[1]
Tłumacz was the seat of a Powiat (district) in the Second Polish Republic. In 1921, its population was around 5,000, consisting mostly of Poles and 2,012 Jews[1], with members of the Armenian minority. The Ukrainians dominated in the villages around the town. During World War Two, the Germans murdered the Jews[1], and those Poles and Armenians who survived were forced by the Soviets to leave Tlumacz after 1945. Most of them settled in Lower Silesia; they organized themselves into the Association of Inhabitants of Tlumacz, which is located in Wroclaw.
