Torchesk ( uk, Торчеськ; russian: Торческ) was a
medieval
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town, located between today's villages of Olshanytsia and Sharky in
Kyiv Oblast
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(
province
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) of
central Ukraine
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near
Kaharlyk
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History
In 1858, a sugar plant was built here.
...
.
Torchesk was first mentioned in a chronicle under the year of 1093 as the center of the
Torks
Torks (Cyrillic: торки, literally " Turks", also known as Torkils) were a Medieval Turkic tribe of Oghuz and/or Kipchak origins. The Torks, alongsides Kipchaks (e.g. Berendei), and other tribes like Ulichi, Pechenegs, etc., formed the Chorn ...
(and later
Chorni Klobuky
Chorni Klobuky or Chornye Klobuki, meaning "black hats" (from russian: Чёрные клобуки, Chërnyye klobuki and uk, Чорні клобуки, Chorni klobuky) was a generic name[Ros River
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an princes. In the second half of the 12th century, Torchesk became the capital of a principality, with its rulers being appointed by the
grand prince
Grand prince or great prince (feminine: grand princess or great princess) ( la, magnus princeps; Greek: ''megas archon''; russian: великий князь, velikiy knyaz) is a title of nobility ranked in honour below emperor, equal of king or ...
s of Kiev.
Torchesk was last mentioned in a chronicle in 1234. It appears that the town was destroyed by the
Mongol
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invasions.
Former cities in Ukraine
History of Kyiv Oblast
Kievan Rus'
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