Uman's landmark is a famous park complex, Sofiyivka (Ukrainian: Софiївка; Polish: Zofiówka), founded in 1796 by Count Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, a Polish noble, who named it for his wife Sofia.

Uman, city, central Ukraine, on the Umanka River. It dates from the Middle Ages and was incorporated in 1795. For more than a century (1726–1832) it was owned by the Potocki family of Polish …

Uman has been revitalized as the city of souls, where the martyrs' souls are joined by tens of thousands of Jews praying for spiritual and material success every Rosh Hashanah.

Uman had the reputation of being a city of klezmerim (" Jewish musicians"). The grandfather of the violinist Mischa *Elman was a popular klezmer in the city, and the tunes of Uman were widely known.

Uman had the reputation of being a city of klezmerim ("Jewish musicians"). The grandfather of the violinist Mischa *Elman was a popular klezmer in the city, and the tunes of Uman were widely known.

On Rosh Hashanah, tens of thousands of Jews from Israel and elsewhere descend on the small Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate the Jewish new year. Located some 130 miles south of the …

Uman (Ukrainian: Умань, IPA:[ˈumɐnʲ] ⓘ, Polish: Humań) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the east of the historical region of Podolia, the city …