Shpola

Shpola (Ukrainian: Шпола, pronounced [ˈʃpɔlɐ]; Yiddish: שפּאָלע‎, romanized: Shpole) is a city located in Zvenyhorodka Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shpola urban hromada, one of the amalgamated hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 16,616 (2020 est.)[2]

Shpola Шпола
Taras Shevchenko monument in Shpola
Flag Coat of arms
Shpola Location of Shpola Shpola Shpola (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°59′59″N 31°23′32″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Raion	Zvenyhorodka Raion
First mentioned	1594
City rights	1938
Area
• Total	61.29 km^2 (23.66 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	16,616
Postal code	20600—20609
Area code(s)	+380 4741

History

In 1797 Shpola became part of the Zvenigorod district in the Kiev Governorate.

In 1847, Shpola's Jewish population numbered 1,156. By 1897, that number had grown to 5,388 of a total population of 11,933, or about 45%. This level held steady until the Second World War.

After revolution of 1917 Shpola became first a part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and then of the USSR.

City since 1938.[3]

During World War II, Nazi Germany invaded USSR, and the Jewish population of Shpola was destroyed in 1942. Today Jews make up around 0.5% of Shpola's population.

In 1989 the population of the city was 22 378 people.[4][3]

Until 18 July 2020, Shpola served as an administrative center of Shpola Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Shpola Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.[5][6]

Shpola is a sister city with Oskaloosa, Iowa.

People

• Ivan Kulyk (1897-1937) - Ukrainian poet, short stories writer, and diplomat;
• Sergiy Rozhitskiy - Colonel of Ukrainian People's Army;
• Sergiy Dobrovolskiy - Lieutenant of Ukrainian People's Army;
• Oleksandr Tkachenko - chairman of Ukrainian parliament;
• Itzik Feffer (1900-1952) - Yiddish poet;
• Reb Aryeh Leib, "der Shpoler zeyde" (Yiddish: "the grandfather of Shpola") (1725-1812) - Hasidic tzaddik.

Gallery

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  Abaza Palace in Shpola
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  Khovkivka River near Shpola
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  Darjivka Park
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  Taras Shevchenko statue in Shpola
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  Ukrainian Orthodox Church

References

1. "Шполянская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
3. Шпола // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1991. стр.668
4. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
5. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
6. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

Shpola Room at the Jewish Escape Room in Brooklyn: https://OneBeforeEscape.com/shpola

• (in Ukrainian) (1972) Історія міст і сіл Української CCP - Черкаська область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.