Bohuslav (, ) is a

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on the Ros River in

Obukhiv Raion Obukhiv Raion () is a raion ( district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven ...

, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of

Bohuslav urban hromada Bohuslav ( uk, Богуслав, yi, באָסלעוו or ''Boslov'') is a city on the Ros River in Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: . It hosts the administration of Bohuslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Uk ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population: 17,135 (2001). It is known as Boslov by some of its Yiddish speaking residents and Boguslav (by the Russophones).

History

The city's year of establishment and source of name is uncertain. It is mentioned by Hypatian Codex as earlier as 1032 which is assumed as the year of establishment. In official documents it is mentioned as earlier as 1195 when Bohuslavl was handed over by the Grand Prince of Kyiv Rurik II to the Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal

Vsevolod III Vsevolod III Yuryevich, or Vsevolod the Big Nest ( rus, Все́волод III Ю́рьевич Большо́е Гнездо́, Vsévolod III Yúr'yevich Bol'shóye Gnezdó) (1154–1212), was Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1176 to 1212. During ...

who preceded him on Kyivan throne several years earlier. In 1240 Bohuslav was destroyed by the Mongol invasion. In 1362 it was liberated by forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia, and Samogitia. In 1569 Bohuslav was passed to the Polish Crown and in 1620 it received its Magdeburg rights and its city banner. Since 1591 Bohuslav belonged to Janusz Ostrogski, the voivode of Volhynia. From 1648 to 1667 it was part of the Cossack Hetmanate and after the

Treaty of Andrusovo The Truce of Andrusovo ( pl, Rozejm w Andruszowie, russian: Андрусовское перемирие, ''Andrusovskoye Pieriemiriye'', also sometimes known as Treaty of Andrusovo) established a thirteen-and-a-half year truce, signed in 1667 bet ...

was once again returned to Poland. In 1685 it was occupied by Samiylo Samus whom Ivan Mazepa appointed the

appointed Hetman Acting Hetman or Appointed Hetman ( uk, Наказний гетьман) was a title during the 17th, and 18th centuries, in the Cossack Hetmanate. The acting hetman was the governing authority in the Cossack Hetmanate temporarily substituted for ...

of Right-bank Ukraine when Poland allowed to restore cossacks' liberties. Since that time and until 1704 Bohuslav became a residence of the appointed Hetman. In 1704 Samus surrendered his authority to Mazepa. After withdrawal of the Russian armed forces in 1708 from Poland, Samus continued to self-govern unlawfully in the region. In 1711 he joined forces with Pylyp Orlyk, however after number of unsuccessful storms of

Bila Tserkva Bila Tserkva ( uk, Бі́ла Це́рква ; ) is a city in the center of Ukraine, the largest city in Kyiv Oblast (after Kyiv, which is the administrative center, but not part of the oblast), and part of the Right Bank. It serves as the admi ...

, Orlyk withdrew to Moldova. Samus was left to defend Bohuslav on his own now against the united armies of Russia and Poland (bound by the

Treaty of Narva The Treaty of Narva was concluded on 19 August ( O.S.) / 30 August 1704 during the Great Northern War.Donnert & Mühlpfort (1997), p. 512 The faction of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth loyal to Augustus the Strong joined the anti-Swedish al ...

). In 1712 Samus was arrested and exiled to Siberia. Bohuslav regiment was liquidated and the city was returned once again under the Polish administration. After the second partition of Poland the city was passed to the Russian Empire and until 1837 it was a center of Bohuslav county. The county was restored once again after the establishment of the Soviet regime in 1919 and 1923 it was transformed into the Bohuslav Raion. It had a large Jewish community. According to the 1897 census, on a total of 11,372 inhabitants, 7445 people were Jews whose community was destroyed in the Holocaust. Until 18 July 2020, Bohuslav was the administrative center of Bohuslav Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Bohuslav Raion was split between

and Obukhiv Raions, with Bohuslav being transferred to Obukhiv Raion.

Landmarks

* Former heder locally known as "kamianytsia" built in 1726 is the oldest building in the city. During the Soviet times it was transformed into a club for deaf and mute at first and after World War II into the museum of Komsomol Glory. Today it is a museum of decorative art.

Notable people

Marusia Bohuslavka Marusia Bohuslavka was a legendary heroine who lived in Ukraine in the 16th or 17th century. She is primarily known from many Ukrainian epic ballads ('' dumas''), usually referred to as ''Duma about Marusya Bohuslavka'', and other Ukrainian folkl ...

, legendary Ukrainian freedom fighter. * Neonila Lahodiuk, Ukrainian jazz composer, pianist and music teacher, Merited Artist of Ukraine *

Ivan Soshenko Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko ( uk, Іван Максимович Сошенко, 2 June 1807 Bohuslav, in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire — 18 July 1876 Korsun) was a Ukrainian painter. Soshenko studied at the Saint Petersburg Academy ...

, Ukrainian painter, contemporary and close friend of Taras Shevchenko * Hélène Sparrow, Polish medical doctor and bacteriologist * Herman Toll, United States

congressman A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The term member of parliament (MP) is an equivalen ...

Prominent Americans who trace their family roots to Bohuslav include the late Congressman Herman Toll (1907–1967), who emigrated from the region with his family around 1910, and his nephews Robert (Bob) and Bruce Toll, founders of publicly traded homebuilder Toll Brothers. * Olexandra Tymoshenko, 1992 Olympic champion * Мikhail Sukernik (1902 - 1981) Soviet, Russian - Ukrainian Chemist who contributed to the publication of the first Russian - Yiddish Dictionary that was published in Moscow, USSR after his death in 1984. He helped with preserving materials and supported the discovery of the original meanings of the words. He worked with the authors of the dictionary Shulman Shapiro, M.A. and Spivack, I.

Gallery

File:Кам'яниця Богуслав.jpg, Old building ( kamjanycia) in Bohuslav File:Троїцька церква Богуслав.JPG, Trinity Church File:Новий монастир на місці старого.jpg, St Nicholas monastery File:Boguslav granity KyObl-157.JPG, Granite banks of Ros' river in Bohuslav

References

External links

Bohuslav
at Encyclopedia of Ukraine
City's official website
*
Boguslav/Bohuslav
(pp. 405) at Miriam Weiner's

Routes to Roots Foundation Miriam Weiner () is an American genealogist, author, and lecturer who specializes in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. Weiner is considered to be one of the pioneers of contemporary Jewish genealogy through her wo ...

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