Ivanhorod ( uk, Іванго́род; russian: Ивангород (Ivangorod); pl, Iwangród) is a village located in

Uman Raion Uman Raion ( uk, Уманський район, translit.: ''Umans'kyi raion'') is a raion (district) in the west of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Uman. Population: On 18 July 2020, as p ...

of Cherkasy Oblast (

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) in central

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, some from Kyiv. It belongs to Khrystynivka urban hromada with the administration in the town of Khrystynivka, 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.

History

Einsatzgruppen murder Jews in Ivanhorod, Ukraine, 1942

The first traces of a settlement date back to prehistoric times, with archeological findings from the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. In the

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Ivanhorod lay on the

Chumak Chumak ( uk , чумак) was a historical and traditional wagon-based trading occupation in the territory of modern Ukraine in the late Medieval and early Modern periods of history.Proskurova, S. Chumak-occupation (ЧУМАЦТВО)'. Encyc ...

trade road from

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

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. From the 13th century on, it was part of the

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and subsequently, until 1791, the

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.Склад Уманського козацького полку
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) lay on the path of the

Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian language, Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніц ...

.Ю. А. Мицик, О. Г. Бажан, В. С. Власов, Історія України, Києво-Могилянська академія, Київ 2008
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''
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. Also: After the Second Partition of Poland Iwanogród became part of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. The Jewish community in Ivanhorod dates back to early 19th century. In 1897, the Jewish population was 442 people. During the

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

(on what is now Ukrainian territory), a mass murder was committed by the German '' Einsatzgruppe'' in the southern part of Ivanhorod (1942) with an unknown number of victims. It is known by the

Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph The Ivanhorod ''Einsatzgruppen'' photograph is Photography of the Holocaust, an image of the Holocaust, showing a soldier aiming a rifle at a woman who is trying to shield a child with her body. It depicts the murder of Jews by an ''Einsatzgru ...

. Until 18 July 2020, Ivanhorod belonged to Khrystynivka 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 Khrystynivka Raion was merged into Uman Raion.

Economy

As of 2013, Ivanhorod had 504 employed residents, with the main economic activity being agriculture. There is a school in the village, a library with 18,000 books, a medical clinic with 9 employees, pharmacy, a post office, a bank, and several large farms.

Notes and references

{{Cherkasy Oblast Holocaust locations in Ukraine Villages in Uman Raion