Medzhybizh (ukr)

Medzhybizh

Medzhybizh ranks 8,094th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bell County, Texas, Kokshetau Oblast, and Geneva, New York. The most famous people from Medzhybizh are Nachman of Breslov, and Zośka Vieras. The most famous people who died in Medzhybizh are Baal Shem Tov. Medzhybizh has been the birth place of many religious figures, and writers and the death place of many religious figures. Medzhybizh is located in Ukraine.

Medzhybizh, formerly Mezhybozhe, is a rural settlement in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in Khmelnytskyi Raion, 25 kilometres from Khmelnytskyi on the main highway between Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia at the confluence of the Southern Buh and Buzhok rivers. Medzhybizh was once a prominent town in the former Podolia Province. Its name is derived from "mezhbuzhye", which means "between the Buzhenka Rivers". It is known as the birthplace of the Jewish Hasidic mystical religious movement. Medzhybizh hosts the administration of Medzhybizh settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Current population: 1,237 ; 1,731,. Read more on Wikipedia