Horodyshche ( uk, Городище, ) is a
city
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located in
Cherkasy Raion of
Cherkasy Oblast (
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
) in central
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Horodyshche urban hromada
Horodyshche ( uk, Городище, ; yi, האָרעדישטש, Horedishtsh) is a city located in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodyshche urban hromada, one of the hromadas of ...
, 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.
The city rests on the
Vilshanka River
Vilshanka ( uk, Вільшанка, russian: Ольшанка) is an urban-type settlement in Holovanivsk Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Syniukha, a left tributary of the Southern Bug. Vilshanka hosts ...
. Population:
History
A local newspaper has been published here since 1930.
It was occupied by German forces during World War II in the summer of 1941 until 1944.
City since 1956.
In January 1989 the population of the city was 17,109. In January 2013 the population of the city was 14,291.
Until 18 July 2020, Horodyshche served as an administrative center of
Horodyshche Raion
Horodyshche Raion ( uk, Городищенський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Horodyshche. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the ...
. 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.
Horodyshche was the birthplace of
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky
Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky ( uk, Семен Степанович Гулак-Артемовський, also referred to as Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky and Artemovs’kyj) ( – ), was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian opera composer, singer (baritone), ...
, 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 Jakob Lestschinsky (also ''Jacob Lestschinsky'', ''Yankev Leshtshinski'', ''Yankev Leshchinski'', לשצ'ינסקי, יעקב; August 26, 1876 in Horodysche, Ukraine – March 22, 1966 in Jerusalem) was a Jewish statistician and sociologist who ...
(1876–1966) was born in Horodyshche.
References
* ''Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP - Черкаська область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast)''. Kiev, 1972
site of the Horodyshchensky Raionsite of the Horodyshche
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Cities in Cherkasy Oblast
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