Horodyshche

Horodyshche (Ukrainian: Городище, IPA: [ɦoroˈdɪʃtʃe]; Yiddish: האָרעדישטש‎, romanized: Horedishtsh) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It serves the administrative center of Horodyshche Raion. The city rests on the Vilshanka River and is the administrative center of the Horodysche Raion (district).

This article is about a city in Cherkasy Oblast, Central Ukraine. For other definitions, see Horodyshche (disambiguation).
Horodyshche

Городище
City
The Mykhailivska Church in Horodysche (1844).
Flag
Coat of arms
Horodyshche
Location of Horodysche
Coordinates: 49°17′33″N 31°27′29″E
Country
Oblast
Raion		Ukraine
Cherkasy Oblast
Horodysche Raion
Founded1050
Population
 (1 January 2019)
 • Total13 609[1]
Postal code
19500 — 19507
Area code(s)+380 4734
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20140531100107/http://mrada.hmarka.net/
House of Ivan Le in Horodyshche

History

A local newspaper is published here since 1930.[2]

It was occupied by German forces during World War II in the summer of 1941 until 1944.[3]

City since 1956[4].

In January 1989 the population of the city was 17 109 people[5]

In January 2013 the population of the city was 14 291 people[6]

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 famous Jewish sociologist and journalist Jacob Lestschinsky (1876-1966) was born in Horodyshche.

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2019 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2019. стор.76
  2. № 3215. Колхозные нивы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.420
  3. "Yahad-In Unum Interactive Map". Execution Sites of Jewish Victims Investigated by Yahad-In Unum. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. Городище // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.326
  5. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  6. Чисельність наявного населёння України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.106
  • (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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