 It was the largest and most prosperous agricultural colony near Derazhnia, at one point in the late 19th century it had a population of over 700.The colony continued until it was turned into a kolkhoz Stary Maidan by the Soviets in 1928.It was nicknamed "Yiddish Maidan" by its residents, primarily to distinguish it from the nearby village of Novyi Maidan ("New Maidan").