Zolochiv
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- This article is about town of Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. For the same-named town in the Kharkiv Oblast of that country, see Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast.
Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів; Polish: Złoczów; Russian: Золочев, translit.: Zolochev; Yiddish: זלאָטשעװ, translit. Zlotshev) is a town located in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochivsky Raion (district). Earlier it was also one of the shtetls (Jewish towns).
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[edit] Famous people from Zolochiv
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, Yiddish writer
- Franz von Hillenbrand
- Roald Hoffmann
- Naphtali Herz Imber
- R' Yechiel Michiel, Magid of Zlotshev (See Zhvill Hasidic Dynasty and Mezhbizh Hasidic Dynasty)
- James Sobieski, a Polish prince
- John III Sobieski, the king of Poland
- Katarzyna Sobieska, the sister of Jan III Sobieski and a noble lady
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- Weegee
- Zev Wolf
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Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine | ||
Raions: Brodivskyi | Buskyi | Drohobytskyi | Horodotskyi | Kamianka-Buzkyi | Mostyskyi | Mykolaivskyi | Peremyshlianskyi | Pustomytivskyi | Radekhivskyi | Sambirskyi | Skolivskyi | Sokalskyi | Starosambirskyi | Stryiskyi | Turkivskyi | Yavorivskyi | Zhovkivskyi | Zhydachivskyi | Zolochivskyi |
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Cities: Belz | Bibrka | Boryslav | Brody | Busk | Chervonohrad | Dobromyl | Drohobych | Dubliany | Hlyniany | Horodok | Kamianka-Buzka | Khodoriv | Khyriv | Komarno | Lviv | Morshyn | Mostyska | Mykolaiv | Novoiavorivske | Novyi Kalyniv | Novyi Rozdil | Peremyshliany | Pustomyty | Radekhiv | Rava-Ruska | Rudky | Sambir | Skole | Sokal | Sosnivka | Staryi Sambir | Stebnyk | Stryi | Sudova Vyshnia | Truskavets | Turka | Uhniv | Velyki Mosty | Vynnyky | Yavoriv | Zhovkva | Zhydachiv | Zolochiv |
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