Makariv
Encyclopedia
Makariv is an urban-type settlement
in Kiev Oblast
(province
) of Ukraine
. It's the administrative center of Makarivskyi Raion
. Population is 12,042 (2001).
The town had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic
Makarov dynasty
, (Makariv being pronounced as "Makarov" in Yiddish
.)
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
in Kiev Oblast
Kiev Oblast
Kyiv Oblast, sometimes written as Kiev Oblast is an oblast in central Ukraine.The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv , also being the capital of Ukraine...
(province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
) of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It's the administrative center of Makarivskyi Raion
Makarivskyi Raion
Makariv Raion is a raion in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Makariv....
. Population is 12,042 (2001).
The town had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
Makarov dynasty
Makarov (Hasidic dynasty)
Makarov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by the Rebbe Menachem Nochum Twerski of the Chernobyl dynasty. Makarov is the Yiddish name of Makariv, a town in present-day Ukraine.- Lineage :...
, (Makariv being pronounced as "Makarov" in Yiddish
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
.)