Vyzhnytsia (; , ; ; ; ; ; ) is a small resort city located at the foothills of Carpathian Mountains Population:
History
While the city was probably mentioned as early as 1158, the first unequivocal mention comes in 1501 in a Moldavian chronicle. From 1514 to 1574 the area was occupied by the Turks, after which it belonged to the Principality of Moldova until 1774. From 1774 to 1918 it was part of the Austrian Empire (from 1849 part of the crown land of Bukovina). During that time it sered as a district centre. Between 1908 and 1920 a Ukrainian gymnasium with 1500 students fuctioned in the town. In 1910 Vyzhnytsia had 5300 residents.
In 1918, the city and surrounding region came under Romanian rule, as part of the Union of Bukovina with Romania, placed under the jurisdiction of Storojineț County. By 1930 Vyzhnytsia's population had shrunk to 3800 inhabitants.
The Bukovina region was taken by Soviet forces in 1944 and became a part of Soviet Ukraine.
A local newspaper has been published in the city since February 1945. During the Soviet times a Hutsul arts school functioned in the city. Volodymyr Ivasyuk was named as a regular visitor of these parties. There, he befriended musician Levko Dutkivskiy. Dutkivskiy from there on founded VIA Smerichka, with later Nazariy Yaremchuk and Vasyl Zinkevych as lead singers. Smerichka became one of Ukraine's most famous groups at the time, performing at Pesnya goda twice and winning Allo, my ishchem talanty! (Hello, we are looking for talents!) in 1972, one of the first Soviet television talent shows.
In January 1989 the population was 5708 people.
In January 2013 the population was 4207 people.
Jewish history of the town
In Judaism, the town is known as having been the original center of the Hassidic sect bearing its Yiddish name ( Vizhnitz). The town's Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust, with most either being killed on the spot or deported to Transnistria, where deportees were left to die in crude facilities. Most survivors did not return, but the flourishing Vizhnitz Hassidic community in Israel and the United States continues to keep the name.
Transport and economy
Vyzhnytsia has a railway station