# Chudniv

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City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

Chudniv Чуднів City Teteriv River in Chudniv Flag Coat of arms Chudniv Location in Ukraine Show map of Ukraine Chudniv Chudniv (Zhytomyr Oblast) Show map of Zhytomyr Oblast Country Ukraine Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast Raion Zhytomyr Raion Hromada Chudniv urban hromada Population (2022) • Total 5,357 Time zone UTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

**Chudniv** ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Чуднів, IPA: [\[ˈtʃud⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iu̯\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Ukrainian) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q8798_(ukr)-Gzhegozh-%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2.wav); [Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Cudnów*; [Yiddish](/source/Yiddish_language): טשודנאוו; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Чуднов) is a city in [Zhytomyr Raion](/source/Zhytomyr_Raion), [Zhytomyr Oblast](/source/Zhytomyr_Oblast), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine). Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former [Chudniv Raion](/source/Chudniv_Raion). Located in the northwestern part of the [Dnieper Upland](/source/Dnieper_Upland), above the [Teteriv River](/source/Teteriv) ([Dnieper basin](/source/Dnieper_basin)). Population: 5,357 (2022 estimate).[1]

## History

Historical affiliations

[Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania) 1471–1569 [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth) 1569–1793 [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) 1793–1917 [Ukrainian People's Republic](/source/Ukrainian_People's_Republic) 1917-1918 [Ukrainian State](/source/Ukrainian_State) 1918 [Directory of Ukraine](/source/Directory_of_Ukraine) 1918-1919 [Soviet Ukraine](/source/Soviet_Ukraine) 1920-1922 [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) 1922–1991 [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) 1941–1944 (*occupation*) [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine) 1991–present

[A significant battle](/source/Battle_of_Cudn%C3%B3w) of the [Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)](/source/Russo-Polish_War_(1654%E2%80%931667)) was fought near the town in 1660, followed by [a treaty](/source/Treaty_of_Cudn%C3%B3w) between the [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth) and the [Cossacks](/source/Zaporozhian_Cossacks), named after the city. In 1866 Polish Romantic-era novelist [Henryk Rzewuski](/source/Henryk_Rzewuski) died in Chudniv. The Jewish population was important in the town. During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and kept the Jews imprisoned in a [ghetto](/source/Ghetto). In 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an [Einsatzgruppen](/source/Einsatzgruppen) of German policemen.[2][3]

## Symvolika hromady

The coat of arms of Chudniv was approved on January 22, 1796. A silver fortress on an azure background, from which a hand in gold armor, armed with a sword, emerges.[4]

Chudniv Flag The modern appearance of the Chudniv flag was approved on October 14, 2009 by the decision of the Chudniv Village Council. The flag of the city of Chudniv is a red rectangular banner with an aspect ratio of 2:3 with a two-color yellow-blue stripe located in the center of the banner. On top of everything in the central part of the banner there is a silver (white) equal-sized cross with diverging ends, measuring 1/2 of the length of the banner. In the center of the cross, on top of everything there is the coat of arms of the city of Chudniv. The top of the flag is a yellow metal peak. The flagpole is dark brown. A white cross of equal size with diverging ends on a red field is the ancient historical coat of arms of [Volyn](/source/Volhynia).[4]

## Notable people

- [Alter Chudnover](/source/Alter_Chudnover), AKA Yehiel Goyzman (1846–1912), virtuoso [klezmer](/source/Klezmer) violinist;

- [Menachem Ribalow](/source/Menachem_Ribalow) – newspaper editor;

- [Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman](/source/Shloimke_(Sam)_Beckerman) – early 20th century [klezmer](/source/Klezmer) bandleader in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).[3]

## Gallery

		- Chudniv by [Napoleon Orda](/source/Napoleon_Orda)

		- The Catholic church today

		- Nativity Church in Chudniv

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ua2022estimate_1-0)** [Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022](http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf) [*Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022*] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: [State Statistics Service of Ukraine](/source/State_Statistics_Service_of_Ukraine). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220704164521/https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2022/zb/05/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם"](http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=847). Retrieved 2016-05-25.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_3-1) ["Історична довідка"](https://chudniv-miskrada.gov.ua/istorichna-dovidka-09-05-24-19-09-2023/). *Чуднівська міська рада Житомирська область* (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-05.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_4-1) ["Символіка громади | Чуднівська міська рада Житомирська область"](https://chudniv-miskrada.gov.ua/simvolika-mista-16-53-42-02-07-2020/). *chudniv-miskrada.gov.ua* (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-05.

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