Shpykiv


Shpykiv is an urban-type settlement in Tulchyn Raion in central Ukraine, southwest of Kiev and northwest of Tulchyn, the raion center. Population:. It is located in the historic region of Podolia.

History

Spykov was first mentioned in documents dating from the 16th century during the Polish-Lithuanian period. Its first owners were gentry, one of whom sold Spykov to the princes of Ostrozky.
Until the Second partition of Poland Szpików was part of the Bracław Voivodeship of the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown. It was a small town, owned by the houses of Ostrogski, Zamoyski, Koniecpolski, Potocki and Świejkowski. Leonard Marcin Świejkowski built a Baroque palace in Szpików.
In 1793 - 1917 it was a town in Bratslav uyezd in Podolian Governorate of the Russian Empire.
It formerly had a significant Jewish community, which numbered 1,875 in 1900.
In January 1989 the population was 4285 people
In January 2013 the population was 3355 people.