Bilozirka

Bilozirka (Ukrainian: Білозірка) is a village in Lanivtsi Raion, Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine.

Names

Bilozirka is known by many alternative names such as Russian: Belozerka, Polish: Białozórka, Yiddish: Bielozorka, Byalozurka, Belozorka‎.

History

Bilozirka is known since 1545.

In 1900, the Jewish population was 1,070.^[1]

In July 1941, the city was occupied by the Germans. In the first week of occupation, several Jewish girls of the city were murdered. Soon, the Germans created a Judenrat, which received the order to transfer ransom payments to them. On February 28, 1942, the Jews of the city were imprisoned in a ghetto and used in forced labor.^[2] In mid-August 1942, they were murdered in mass executions. About 20 Jews of the city survived the Holocaust.^[3]

Administration


Time	Name	District	Province	Country
Before World War I (c. 1900):	Belozirka	Kremenets	Volhynia	Russian Empire
Between the wars (c. 1930):	Białozórka	Krzemieniec	Wołyń	Poland
After World War II (c. 1950):	Belozerka	Kremenetskyi Raion	Ternopil Oblast	Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Today (since 1991):	Bilozirka	Lanivtsi Raion	Ternopil Oblast	Ukraine

References

Bilozirka profile at Verkhovna Rada website (Ukrainian)

Administrative divisions of Ternopil Oblast

Administrative center: Ternopil

Raions

Cities

Regional	Berezhany Chortkiv Kremenets Ternopil

District	Borshchiv Buchach Khorostkiv Kopychyntsi Lanivtsi Monastyryska Pidhaitsi Pochaiv Shumsk Skalat Terebovlia Zalishchyky Zbarazh Zboriv

Urban-type settlements
Category:Ternopil Oblast

Coordinates: 49°46′N 26°11′E / 49.767°N 26.183°E / 49.767; 26.183

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