Kalush, Ukraine
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Kalush (Ukrainian: Калуш, Polish: Kalusz, Yiddish קאַלוש, translit. Kalush or Kalish) is a city set in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kalusky Raion (district). Incorporated in 1939, the city lies near the oblast capital, Ivano-Frankivsk, formerly part of Austria-Hungary and Poland.
The current estimated population is around 63,800 (as of 2004).
From the 16th Century, there has been a strong Jewish presence in the city, but in 1941, it was "ethnically cleansed" by the Nazis. 1
It is a sister city to Grand Prairie, TX. 2
- Population: 73,500 3
- Industries: food processing, clothing manufacture, chemicals, handicrafts, woodcarving, and concrete.
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- Variant shtetl names: Kalish, Kalusz, Kalusz Nowy
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Subdivisions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Bohorodchanskyi | Dolynskyi | Halytskyi | Horodenkivskyi | Kaluskyi | Kolomyiskyi | Kosivskyi | Rohatynskyi | Rozhniativskyi | Sniatynskyi | Tlumatskyi | Tysmenytskyi | Verkhovynskyi |
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Cities: Bolekhiv | Burshtyn | Dolyna | Halych | Horodenka | Ivano-Frankivsk | Kalush | Kolomyia | Kosiv | Nadvirna | Rohatyn | Sniatyn | Tlumach | Tysmenytsia | Yaremcha |
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Urban-type settlements: Bohorodchany | Rozhniativ | Verkhovyna | more... |
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Villages: Lisnyy Khlibychyn | Lypivka | more... |
