Pishchanka

Pishchanka
Urban-type settlement
Pishchanka
Pishchanka
Coordinates: 48°12′N 28°53′E / 48.200°N 28.883°E / 48.200; 28.883Coordinates: 48°12′N 28°53′E / 48.200°N 28.883°E / 48.200; 28.883
Country  Ukraine
Province  Vinnytsia Oblast
District Pishchanka Raion
First mentioned 1734
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Pishchanka (Polish: Piszczanka) is an urban settlement (town) in Vinnytsia Oblast (province), located in the historic region of Podolia. It is the administrative center of Pishchanka Raion. Since 1956 Pishchanka is an urban settlement. Population: 5,296 (2015 est.)[1]

History

Historical affiliations

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1734–1793
 Russian Empire 1793–1917
Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922
 Soviet Union 1922–1941
 Kingdom of Romania 1941–1944
 Soviet Union 1944–1991
 Ukraine 1991–present

Until the Partitions of Poland Pishchanka was part of the Bracław Voivodeship of the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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