Kalush, Ukraine

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Kalush (in Ukrainian Калуш; Polish Kalusz, Yiddish קאַלוש Kalush or Kalish) is a city in Southwest Ukraine incorporated in 1939. Population 63,800 (2004). Set in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, it lies near Ivano-Frankivs'k, formerly part of Austria-Hungary and Poland.

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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