Horodyshche

This article is about a city in Cherkasy Oblast, Central Ukraine. For other uses, see Horodyshche (disambiguation).
Horodyshche
Городище
City
The Mykhailivska Church (1844)
The Mykhailivska Church (1844)
Flag of Horodyshche
Flag
Coat of arms of Horodyshche
Coat of arms
Horodyshche is located in Cherkasy Oblast
Horodyshche
Horodyshche
Location of Horodysche
Horodyshche is located in Ukraine
Horodyshche
Horodyshche
Horodyshche (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°17′33″N 31°27′29″E / 49.29250°N 31.45806°E / 49.29250; 31.45806
Country Ukraine
OblastCherkasy Oblast
RaionCherkasy Raion
HromadaHorodyshche urban hromada
Founded1050
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
13 062
 [1]
Postal code
19500 — 19507
Area code+380 4734
WebsiteMunicipal website[usurped]
House of Ivan Le [uk]

Horodyshche (Ukrainian: Городище, IPA: [ɦoroˈdɪʃtʃe] ⓘ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the Vilshanka River, where the administration of Horodyshche urban hromada (municipality).[2] The population is 13,062 (2022 estimate).[1]

History

A local newspaper has been published there since 1930.[3]

It was occupied by German forces during World War II in the summer of 1941 until 1944.[4]

It has been a city since 1956.[5]

In January 1989 the population was 17,109.[6] In January 2013 the population of the city was 14,291.[7]

Until 18 July 2020, Horodyshche was an administrative center of Horodyshche Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Horodyshche Raion was split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka Raions, with Horodyshche being transferred to Cherkasy Raion.[8][9]

Horodyshche was the birthplace of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, a singer and composer of Ukrainian opera; there is a museum in Horodyshche dedicated to his life and work.

The Jewish sociologist and journalist Jacob Lestschinsky (1876–1966) was born in Horodyshche.

References

  1. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Городищенська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  3. ^ № 3215. Колхозные нивы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.420
  4. ^ "Yahad-In Unum Interactive Map". Execution Sites of Jewish Victims Investigated by Yahad-In Unum. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ^ Городище // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.326
  6. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  7. ^ "Чисельність наявного населёння України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.106" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  8. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  9. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  • (in Ukrainian) Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP - Черкаська область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast). Kiev, 1972
  • (in Ukrainian) site of the Horodyshchensky Raion
  • (in Ukrainian) site of the Horodyshche
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