Butsni, Khmelnytskyi Raion

Village in Ukraine

Not to be confused with Butsneve.

Place in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

Butsni

Буцні

Country| Ukraine
Oblast| Khmelnytskyi
Raion| Khmelnytskyi
Hromada| Letychiv settlement hromada
Population

(2001)

• Total| 201

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 2001 Ukraine Census, the population was 201.

## History

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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

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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

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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
4. ^ a b 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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