Butsni, Khmelnytskyi Raion

Butsni is a village in Letychiv hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. In the past it was known as Butsnevtsy, a small town in Poland, Russian Empire, Ukraine and early Soviet Union. It was devastated during World War II.
According to the, the population was 133.

History

Bucniowce was a miasteczko in gmina, powiat latyczowski, by the. In 1880 it had population of 580, including 16 persons of odnodvortsy and 90 Jews. According to the 1897 Russian census, its population was 1265, of which 304 were Jews.

Jewish history

In Yiddish, it was called Butsnevits, and the search of this shtetl was the subject of Jack Rothman's book Searching for Butsnevits: A Shtetl Tale - the place where his ancestors lived.
The fate of the Jews of Butsnevtsy is discussed, along with other Jewish communities of Letichev district, in the two-volume set by David A. Chapin and Ben Weinstock, The Road from Letichev
The neglected old Jewish cemetery is located in the wood nearby and is used for cattle grazing. Found tombstones date in the range from 1749 to 1871.