Yavoriv
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Yavoriv (Ukrainian: Яворів; Polish: Jaworów; Russian: Яворов, Yavorov) is a city located in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Yavorivsky Raion (district), and rests approximately 50 km west of the oblast capital, Lviv.
The current estimated population is around 13,500 (as of 2001).
Not far from it is the watering-place of Shklo with sulphur springs. The town was first mentioned in written documents in 1376 and received Magdeburg rights in 1569. It was a favorite residence of king John III Sobieski, who there received the congratulations from the Pope on his success against the Turks at Vienna (1683).
Yavoriv was infamous during World War II for its ghetto. Around 5,000 Jews remained in the ghetto during the course of the war.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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