Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. It is the administrative center of
Khorol Raion
Khorol Raion ( uk, Хорольський район) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the town of Khorol. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Lubny Raion o ...
. Population:
Notable natives of Khorol include
Ben-Zion Dinur
Ben-Zion Dinur ( he, בן ציון דינור) (January 1884 – 8 July 1973) was a Zionist activist, educator, historian and Israeli politician.
Biography
Ben-Zion Dinaburg (later Dinur) was born in Khorol in the Russian Empire (now Polta ...
and
Aryeh Dvoretzky
Aryeh (Arie) Dvoretzky ( he, אריה דבורצקי, russian: Арье Дворецкий; May 3, 1916 – May 8, 2008) was a Russian-born Israeli mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics. He is best known for his w ...
.
Name
The town is named after the
Khorol River
Khorol () is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary of the Psel in the basin of Dnieper. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .M03 highway near Khorol
File:Старий міст через Хорол.jpg, Khorol River