Lityn

Location in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Lityn (Ukrainian: Літин, Polish: Lityn) is an urban settlement (town) in Vinnytsia Oblast (province), located in the historic region of the Podilia. It is a administrative seat of the Lityn Raion.

Location

The town is located near the river of Zghar which is a left tributary of Southern Bug. Lityn is situated on the European route .

History

The foundation of the town is not known. It is mentioned for the first time in the edict of Duke of Podilia Fyodor Koriatovych of 1391. Since 1566 Lityn was a royal city located in the Bracław Voivodeship of Poland. After the Second Partition of Poland in 1793 it was annexed by the Russian Empire. Since 1797 Lityn was a county seat of the Russian Podolia Governorate. Here was imprisoned a folk hero Ustym Karmaliuk.

In 1897 almost half of population of Lityn was practicing Judaism. Since March of 1923, Lityn was a center of the Lityn Raion. Between July 17, 1941 and March 20, 1944 the town was occupied by the Nazi Germany.

External links

• Lityn at the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
• The murder of the Jews of Lityn during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

Administrative divisions of Vinnytsia Oblast Administrative center: Vinnytsia Raions Bar Bershad Chechelnyk Chernivtsi Haisyn Illintsi Kalynivka Khmilnyk Koziatyn Kryzhopil Lityn Lypovets Mohyliv-Podilskyi Murovani Kurylivtsi Nemyriv Orativ Pishchanka Pohrebyshche Sharhorod Teplyk Tomashpil Trostianets Tulchyn Tyvriv Vinnytsia Yampil Zhmerynka Cities Regional Khmilnyk Koziatyn Ladyzhyn Mohyliv-Podilskyi Vinnytsia Zhmerynka District Bar Bershad Haisyn Hnivan Illintsi Kalynivka Lypovets Nemyriv Pohrebyshche Sharhorod Tulchyn Yampil Urban-type settlements Category:Vinnytsia Oblast

Coordinates: 49°19′32″N 28°05′14″E / 49.3255°N 28.0872°E / 49.3255; 28.0872