Narayiv

Road turn sign for Narayiv in Berezhany, west Ukraine.

Narayiv, Narajiv (Ukrainian: Нараїв, Polish: Narajów; Russian: Нараев / Narayev) is the largest village (of 1.799 people) in Berezhany Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in the western part of Ukraine. It is within Eastern Galicia, former Austrian empire (until 1918). In the past it was a town. The first historical mention dates to 1445. Narayiv is situated along the small river of Narayivka, a tributary of Zolota Lypa in a picturesque natural surrounding of vast beech and hornbeam forests and fertile rolling hills (western part of Podolian Upland, ethno-geographic area of Galician Opillya).

Narayiv lies on the road between Berezhany and Peremyshlyany, right in the middle between the two cities, and consists of 2 parts - Narayiv Misto (Narayiv the town) and Narayiv Selo (Narayiv the village).

Population

Stamp of the Austrian Empire cancelled in Narayiv in 1858

Currently Narayiv has 1.799 inhabitants, mostly Galician Ukrainians.

In the year 1900, "Narayiv Town" had 2851 inhabitants. Among those were: 1451 Ukrainians/Ruthenians (Greek Catholics), 458 Poles (Roman Catholic faith), 928 Jews and 14 others. In 1939, "Narayiv Town´s" population numbered already 3910 inhabitants. Among them 1980 Ukrainians (Greek-Catholics), 520 Poles (Roman Catholic faith), 330 Roman Catholics (Ukrainians/Poles), 30 Polish colonizers newcomers and 780 Jews.

In 1900 "Narayiv Selo" had 1139 inhabitants. Among them: 856 Ukrainians, 205 Poles and 78 Jews and some decades later in 1939 it grew to 1740 inhabitants. Among them: 1160 Ukrainians, 25 Poles, 330 Roman Catholics (Ukrainians/Poles), 200 Polish colonizers newcomers and 25 Jews.

Jewish and Polish communities

Prior to the war there was a Jewish community in Narayiv of 805 Jews (in 1939), the most of whom were annihilated during the Holocaust. Some survivors immigrated in Israel. Around 1945, most of the local Poles (775) had been deported to western Poland.

The First Narayever Congregation, a Jewish synagogue in downtown Toronto, was founded in 1914 by Jewish immigrants from Narayiv in the early 20th century.

Holocaust in Narayiv

In the autumn of 1942, the day after Yom Kippur holiday, the brutal German soldiers arrived from Berezhany gathering all the Narayiv Jews who were not able to find a hideout and took them by trucks to Berezhany. From there to the Belzec Death Camp in Belzec, Poland. After about a month and a half, the Narayiv was declared "Judenfrei".[1]

Communications

There are daily bus connections between Narayiv and Berezhany, as well as between Narayiv and Lviv. Direct daily buses for Narayiv leave from the secondary bus terminal at the end of Lychakivska Street in Lviv or the daily bus route (twice a day) for Berezhany (which stops at Narayiv) from the main city terminal in Lviv.

Postal code for Narayiv is 47513.

The closest international airports to Narayiv, in the order of proximity, are:

Nearby locations

The direct line distances between Narayiv and nearby locations. Road distances might be slightly longer.

Places of interest in the area

People

References

  1. ↑ "Chana Roten (Lushk). My happenings during the Nazi occupation. The Narajow Book in "Brzezany Memorial Book", 1978.". by JewishGen, Inc. Retrieved 2013-08-15.

Coordinates: 49°31′45″N 24°46′27″E / 49.52917°N 24.77417°E / 49.52917; 24.77417

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