Butsni, Khmelnytskyi Raion

Butsni

Буцні
Butsni Буцні
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Khmelnytskyi
Raion	Khmelnytskyi
Hromada	Letychiv settlement hromada
Population (2021)
• Total	133

Butsni (Ukrainian: Буцні) is a village in Letychiv hromada (Летичівська селищна громада), Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. In the past it was known as Butsnevtsy^[1] (Polish: Bucniowce, Russian: Буцневцы / Буцнёвцы, Ukrainian: Буцніовци,^[2] Буцнівці^[3]), a small town in Poland, Russian Empire, Ukraine and early Soviet Union. It was devastated during World War II.

According to the 2021 Census, the population was 133.

History

Bucniowce was a miasteczko in gmina Wójtowce [uk], powiat latyczowski (later Letichevsky Uyezd, Podolian Governorate, Russian Empire), by the Zhar River [uk].^[4] In 1880 it had population of 580, including 16 persons of odnodvortsy (petty szlachta deprived of nobility in Russian Empire after the Partitions of Poland) and 90 Jews.^[4] According to the 1897 Russian census, its population was 1265, of which 304 were Jews.^[5]

Jewish history

In Yiddish, it was called Butsnevits, and the search of this shtetl was the subject of Jack Rothman's book Searching for Butsnevits: A Shtetl Tale (2016) ^[6] - the place where his ancestors lived.

The fate of the Jews of Butsnevtsy is discussed, along with other Jewish communities of Letichev district, in the two-volume set by David A. Chapin and Ben Weinstock, The Road from Letichev ^[7]

The neglected old Jewish cemetery is located in the wood nearby (49°17′46″N 27°45′17″E / 49.29613°N 27.75460°E / 49.29613; 27.75460) and is used for cattle grazing. Found tombstones date in the range from 1749 to 1871.^[8]

References

^ Ольга Грель, Населені пункти на території сучасного Летичівського району, що згадуються у документах ХV століття
^ Statisticheskīĭ vremennikʺ Rossīĭskoĭ Imperīi, Volume 1, 1866 p. 121
^ Метрики містечко Буцнівці Подільська губернія
^ ^a ^b Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, 1880, vol. 1, p. 433
^ "Летичев" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
^ Zev Hurwitz, "The Lost Shtetl", May 9, 2017
^ The Road from Letichev, book summary
^ Butsni Jewish Cemetery, ESJF European Jewish Cemetery Initiative

49°17′59″N 27°45′37″E / 49.29972°N 27.76028°E / 49.29972; 27.76028

[1] Ольга Грель, Населені пункти на території сучасного Летичівського району, що згадуються у документах ХV століття

[2] Statisticheskīĭ vremennikʺ Rossīĭskoĭ Imperīi, Volume 1, 1866 p. 121

[3] Метрики містечко Буцнівці Подільська губернія

[gdkp-4] Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, 1880, vol. 1, p. 433

[5] "Летичев" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.

[6] Zev Hurwitz, "The Lost Shtetl", May 9, 2017

[7] The Road from Letichev, book summary

[8] Butsni Jewish Cemetery, ESJF European Jewish Cemetery Initiative

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