The road from Kiev to Uman is a very underdeveloped part of the country that mainly runs through Kiev Oblast as far south as Zhashkiv, at which point you enter Cherkas'ka oblast, Uman is to the west of this region. The distance along the road is over 200Km and takes about 3 hours to drive. The road is a three lane highway (without a central barrier) and the terrain is mainly flat arable land. One of the major towns that the road comes close to is Bila Tserkva.
Bila Tserkva is the largest town in Kiev Oblast. The Bila Tserkva massacre was the World War II mass murder of Jews, committed by the Nazi German Einsatzgruppe with the aid of Ukrainian auxiliaries, in Bila Tserkva, Soviet Ukraine, on August 21–22, 1941. This was not the only incident of anti-Jewish hate in this region. Many Jewish people had moved to the region from Poland and Germany and other places further west to help manage land owned by absentee landlords from Poland and Lithuania during the 16th Century. Between 1569 and 1648 the number of Jews in Ukraine increased from about 4,000 to nearly 51,325, dispersed among 115 towns and settlements. In 1648 the Cossacks led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky which led to pograms that lasted until the early 20th century and the masacres of perhaps 30 to 50 thousand Jewish souls. Chassidism was started in the Ukraine by the Baal Shem Tov (Israel ben Eliezer) in the 1770s and the movement spread quickly. Chassidism with its roots in kabbalah, miracles and spiritual Judaism, was a popular alternative to traditional Rabbinic Judaism with its basis in deep learning. Rabbi Nachman is buried in Uman although he only lived a few months here.
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JOFY, or "Jewish Observant Friendly" Establishments are lodging establishments offering special services for Jewish Observant guests such as Shabbat meals, accommodation on lower floors and regular keys for the rooms. It can also be a NON KOSHER establishment located in walking distance from the local Shul, community or kosher restaurants area.
Please note - *JOFY does NOT mean that KOSHER food is served on the premises!